Why quotes from “Heart of a Dog” are relevant in our time

It is well known that some talented writers had a rare gift of foresight. And if Jules Verne and the Strugatsky brothers accurately predicted the epochal achievements of scientific and technological progress, then Mikhail Bulgakov managed to make a surprisingly accurate socio-psychological forecast. His satirical story “Heart of a Dog”, quotes from which have firmly entered our lives, is simply replete with prophetic revelations.



“Heart of a Dog”: quotes from the Book of Bulgakov can be reread dozens, hundreds of times – and each time perceived differently. And the quotes from them will surprise our children as much as they once surprised our parents.



This phrase was written almost 100 years ago. It sounds like the latest news on Facebook. It is interesting that Mikhail Afanasievich would say, having learned that documents in modern house committees require even more, digital certificates came to replace paper certificates, and without a QR code you can not even eat in a cafe.



Ah, Phillip Fillipovich, the emancipated commissars of the 20s in leathers and halifes are just florets. They were replaced by non-binary transpersonals. And for such a discriminatory question, you would be accused of promoting a cisnormative paradigm today and hounded like poor J.K. Rowling.

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The fact that to overcome the devastation in the closets you need to overcome the devastation in the heads, Bulgakov understood in 1925.



But in the heads of our fellow citizens, an old woman with a cranberry settled for decades. And to get rid of it completely, maybe only our children will be lucky.



If these words were remembered as "Our Father," all people from small to great, our world would be a much better place than it is today.



An actual quote about comedians who became presidents, athletes involved in lawmaking, and geographers playing in the Moscow Art Theater. There is still hope that the division of labor, which was advocated by Professor Preobrazhensky, will continue. It's hard to imagine what would happen if all this wonderful audience started operating.

Editorial "Site" I have collected for you the most important phrases from Bulgakov’s works about the truth of life, which have long become winged. Brilliant, topical and modern.