Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where the train stopped, I took the story to the publisher of the newspaper who published the story.

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!

"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..."

Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.

Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.

What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared?

You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.

he was coming to understand he could not come to rectify anything in his life, only forget.

Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!

But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the who is loved.

The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!

You're fighting this war in the worst way possible." "I don't know how to fight it, Dad.""You should ask for help, " he said."I don't know how to do that, either.

Uncertainty is a personal matter; it is not the uncertainty but your uncertainty.

Nowadays it's not who wears the pants in the family, but who carries the credit cards.

Jesus didn't go around condemning people. The Bible says it's the goodness of God that leads people to repentance.

Spain is facing an economic situation of extreme difficulty, I repeat, of extreme difficulty, and anyone who doesn't understand that is fooling themselves.

Don't write poems to make girls like you, because it will not make them like you but it will give them something to quote back at you later in life.

I really tend to write in retrospect.

When we look after the welfare of others, we promote and participate in God’s kingdom work.

Papa Roach are not just going to take tours just to take tours.