“The love boat has crashed against the everyday
You and I, we are quits
And there is no use listing mutual hurts, sorrows, and pains.”
― Selected Poems
You and I, we are quits
And there is no use listing mutual hurts, sorrows, and pains.”
― Selected Poems
“Most bad," the host concluded. "If you ask me, something sinister lurks in men who avoid wine, games, the company of lovely women, and dinnertime conversation. Such people are either gravely ill or secretly detest everyone around them.”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“I wanted to find out then and quickly whether I was a louse like everybody else or a man. Whether I can step over barriers or not, whether I dare stoop to pick up or not, whether I am a trembling creature or whether I have the right...F”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Once upon a time there was a lady. She had no children, and no happiness either. And at first she cried for a long time, but then she became wicked...”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
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