Remove the document—and you remove the man.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that a person's identity and essence are deeply intertwined with their written work or legacy.
Mikhail Bulgakov's quote reflects the idea that a person's existence is often defined by their creations, particularly written documents. If these creations are removed, one might argue that a fundamental part of the person—their thoughts, beliefs, and contributions—has also been erased. It speaks to the significance of art, literature, and personal expression in shaping who we are and how we are remembered.
In practice
In a literary discussion about the importance of an author's work in defining their identity.
But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people. Here is the shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings. Do you want to strip the earth of all trees and living things just because of your fantasy of enjoying naked light? You're stupid.
just like a murderer jumps of nowhere in an ally, love jumped out in front of us and struck us both at once
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.
Well, as everyone knows, once witchcraft gets started, there's no stopping it.
Literature has become my life.
The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!
Rights are best guarded when each person and group guards for others those rights they wish guarded for themselves.
The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist, and its power is employed above all to enforce this claim. It is modest only on this one point, however, because this officially nonexistent bureaucracy simultaneously attributes the crowning achievements of history to its own infallible leadership. Though its existence is everywhere in evidence, the bureaucracy must be invisible as a class. As a result, all social life becomes insane.
Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.
The first-beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
Adults are only obsolete children.
What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me.
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