Vera Calado
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“You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev. Well, who knows, who knows,' he replied.
'Dostoevsky's dead,' said the citizeness, but somehow not very confidently.
'I protest!' Behemoth exclaimed hotly. 'Dostoevsky is immortal!”
― The Master and Margarita
'Dostoevsky's dead,' said the citizeness, but somehow not very confidently.
'I protest!' Behemoth exclaimed hotly. 'Dostoevsky is immortal!”
― The Master and Margarita
“manuscripts don't burn" - "(рукописи не горят)”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if
evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows
disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people. Here is the
shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings.
Do you want to strip the earth of all trees and living things just because
of your fantasy of enjoying naked light? You're stupid.”
― The Master and Margarita
evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows
disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people. Here is the
shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings.
Do you want to strip the earth of all trees and living things just because
of your fantasy of enjoying naked light? You're stupid.”
― The Master and Margarita
“He Who Marches Out Of Step Hears Another Drum”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
“Ouça, querida”, disse Otávia certa vez, “não fique assim com essa mentalidade de donzela folhetinesca, não separe com tanta precisão os heróis dos vilões, cada qual de um lado, tudo muito bonitinho como nas experiências de química. Não há gente completamente boa nem gente completamente má, está tudo misturado e a separação é impossível. O mal está no próprio gênero humano, ninguém presta. Às vezes a gente melhora. Mas passa.”
― Ciranda de Pedra
― Ciranda de Pedra
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