“From what I’d witnessed, honesty didn’t really make anyone happy. The truth was a punch to the gut, and while you were falling, a knee to the face, then you could lie on the floor and bleed for a spell.”
― Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade
― Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade
“But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“Do you know the difference between neurotics and psychotics?”
“Neurotics build castles in the sky; psychotics move into them.”
― Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade
“Neurotics build castles in the sky; psychotics move into them.”
― Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade
“Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly.
The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation.
"I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!”
― The Master and Margarita
The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation.
"I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!”
― The Master and Margarita
“The absolute truth is a wicked sort of rush. It's far more amusing than any lie. Both have the potential to empower and to hurt, but the truth is emotionally superior. Few people could fault you for it, not when you got ethics on your side. The truth is morally unassailable.
But is has no pity. It is merciless.”
― Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade
But is has no pity. It is merciless.”
― Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade
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