“Cette histoire est vraie puisque je l'ai inventée.”
― L'écume des jours
― L'écume des jours
“ Give up all hope, all illusion, all desire..I've tried. I've tried and still I desire, I still desire not to desire and hope to be without hope and have the illusion I can be without illusions..Give up, I say. Give up everything, including the desire to be saved.”
― The Dice Man
― The Dice Man
“This hero had gone into the abyss, gone irrevocably, the son of the astrologer-king, forgiven on the eve of Sunday, the cruel fifth procurator of Judea, the equestrian Pontius Pilate.”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary”
― The Trial
― The Trial
“لا شيء أكثر رهبة من مواجهة أغراض رجل مات. الأشياء تهمد أيضًا، فمعناها كامنٌ في دورها خلال حياة صاحبها وحسب.”
― The Invention of Solitude
― The Invention of Solitude
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