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'Don't be afraid, Queen … don't be afraid, Queen, the blood has long since gone into the earth. And where it was spilled, grapevines are already growing.'
The Master and Margarita (1967)
`Second freshness - that's what is nonsense! There is only one freshness - the first - and it is also the last. And if sturgeon is of the second freshness, that means it is simply rotten.'
The Master and Margarita (1967)
'You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev.
The Master and Margarita (1967)
'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 (1967)
Cowardice was undoubtedly one of the most terrible vices - thus spoke Yeshua Ha-Nozri. 'No, philosopher, I disagree with you: it is the most terrible vice!'
The Master and Margarita (1967)
It was clear to him that he had lost something irretrievably that day, and that now he wanted to make up for the loss with minor, inconsequential, and most importantly, belated measures.
The Master and Margarita (1967)
[S]aid the not entirely suppressed old Ivan, rearing his head from inside the new one, although without much confidence.
The Master and Margarita (1967)
The procurator studied the new arrival with avid, and slightly fearful eyes. It was the kind of look one gives someone one has heard of and thought a lot about, and whom one is meeting for the first time.
The Master and Margarita (1967)
We have no idea whether there were any other strange occurences in Moscow that night, and we have no intention of trying to find out, since the time has come for us to proceed to Part Two of this true narrative. Follow me, reader!
The Master and Margarita (1967)
'Oh, no, you don't look like a halfwit,' the procurator replied quietly and smiled some strange smile.
The Master and Margarita (1967)
'What's the use of dying in a ward surrounded by a lot of groaning and croaking incurables? Wouldn't it be much better to throw a party with that twenty-seven thousand and take poison and depart for the other world to the sound of violins, surrounded by lovely drunken girls and happy friends?'
The Master and Margarita (1967)
Book Two in 'The Liberation of the Master', B/O
The Master and Margarita (1967)
There was something uncommonly fake and uncertain in every line of these articles, despite their threatening and self-assured tone. I kept thinking . . . that the authors of these articles weren't saying what they wanted to say, and that that was why they were so furious.
The Master and Margarita (1967)