Manuscripts Don't Burn.

You Should Never Ask Anyone For Anything. Never- And Especially From Those Who Are More Powerful Than Yourself.

He's Clever,' Thought Ivan,' I Must Admit There Are Some Smart People Even Among The Intelligentsia

Love Leaped Out In Front Of Us Like A Murderer In An Alley Leaping Out Of Nowhere, And Struck Us Both At Once. As Lightning Strikes, As A Finnish Knife Strikes! She, By The Way, Insisted Afterwards That It Wasn't So, That We Had, Of Course, Loved Each Other For A Long, Long Time, Without Knowing Each Other, Never Having Seen Each Other.

I Hereby Certify That The Bearer Of This Note, Nikolai Ivanovich, Spent The Night In Question At Satan's Ball, Having Been Lured There In A Transportational Capacity... Hella, Put In Parentheses! And Write 'hog.' Signed- Behemoth.

Not Fooling Around, Not Bothering Nobody, Just Sitting Here Mending The Primus," Said The Cat With A Hostile Frown, "and, Moreover, I Consider It My Duty To Warn You That The Cat Is An Ancient, Inviolable Animal.