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

Why try to pursue what is completed?

just like a murderer jumps of nowhere in an ally, love jumped out in front of us and struck us both at once

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

Literature has become my life.

The cat, covered in dust and standing on its hind legs, bowed to Margarita. Round its neck it was now wearing a made-up white bow tie on an elastic band, with a pair of ladies’ mother-of-pearl binoculars hanging on a cord. It had also gilded its whiskers.

The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never! You're asked an unexpected question, you don't even flinch, it takes just a second to get yourself under control, you know just what you have to say to hide the truth, and you speak very convincingly, and nothing in your face twitches to give you away. But the truth, alas, has been disturbed by the question, and it rises up from the depths of your soul to flicker in your eyes and all is lost.