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Quote by Mikhail Bulgakov

“Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.”

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Mikhail Bulgakov was a Russian writer born on May 15, 1891, and died on March 10, 1940. Known for his unique humor and profound satire, his works include 'The Master and Margarita'. more

“But suppose your dæmon settles in a shape you don't like? Well, then, you're discontented, en't you? There's plenty of folk as'd like to have a lion as a dæmon and they end up with a poodle. And till they learn to be satisfied with what they are, they're going to be fretful about it. Waste of feeling, that is. But it didn't seem to Lyra that she would ever grow up.”

Wells Ends Feelings Seems Grows Growing Up Shapes Waste Folks Satisfied Plenty Settling Lions Poodles

Book:His Dark Materials: The Complete Trilogy

Source: His Dark Materials: The Complete Trilogy

“One moment several things are possible, the next moment only one happens, and the rest don't exist. Except that other worlds have sprung into being, on which the did happen.”

World Moments Happens Next Existence Other Worlds Sprung

Author:Philip Pullman

“Anyone who knows me, should learn to know me again; For I am like the Moon, you will see me with new face everyday.”

Knows Should Faces Spiritual Moon Everyday Know Me New Faces

Author:Rumi

“It was no longer her absence that wounded me, but my growing indifference to it. Forgetting, however calming, was also a reminder of infidelity to what I had at one time held so dear.”

Forget Growing Dear Absence Indifference One Time Wounded Infidelity Reminders Calming

Book:On Love: A Novel

Source: On Love: A Novel

“.. if you asked most people whether they believed in love or not, they’d probably say they didn’t. Yet that’s not necessarily what they truly think. It’s just the way they defend themselves against what they want. They believe in it, but pretend they don’t until they’re allowed to. Most people would throw away all their cynicism if they could. The majority just never gets the chance.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Want Believe Chance Majority Cynicism

Author:Alain de Botton

“The longing for destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life.”

Destiny Stronger Longing Romantic Life

Book:On Love: A Novel

Source: On Love: A Novel

“Now, I like a church service, but this was one of those write-your-own-vows sorts of things. Neither of them had ever picked up a pen in their life, but all of a sudden they’re poets, right, like that’s all it takes — being in love.”

Poet Being In Love

Author:David Sedaris

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