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“Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was as golden as the sun's rays, and her soul as clear and blue as her eyes. She wheedled her mother, was kind to her doll, took great care of her frock and her red shoes and her fiddle, but loved most of all, when she went to sleep, to hear the Angel of Music.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“Sometimes, the Angel [of Music] leans over the cradle... and that is how there are little prodigies who play the fiddle at six better than men of fifty, which, you must admit is very wonderful. Sometimes, the Angel comes much later, because the children are naughty and won't learn their lessons or practice their scales. And sometimes, he does not come at all, because the children have a wicked heart or a bad conscience.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“And, despite the care which she took to look behind her at every moment, she failed to see a shadow which followed her like her own shadow, which stopped when she stopped, which started again when she did and which made no more noise than a well-conducted shadow should.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“But do you love me? If Erik were good-looking, would you love me, Christine?”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“He stared dully at the desolate, cold road and the pale, dead night. Nothing was colder or more dead than his heart. He had loved an angel and now he despised a woman.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“When a woman has seen me, as you have, she belongs to me. She loves me forever.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“why do you condemn a man whom you have never met, whom no one knows and about whom even you yourself know nothing?”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“Does he love you so much?" "He would commit murder for me.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“... My mother, daroga, my poor, unhappy mother would never... let me kiss her... She used to run away... and throw me my mask!... Nor any other woman... ever, ever!... Ah, you can understand, my happiness was so great, I cried. And fell at her feet, crying... and I kissed her feet... her little feet... crying. You're crying, too, daroga... and she cried also... the angel cried!...”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“I give you back your liberty, Christine, on condition that this ring is always on your finger. As long as you keep it, you will be protected against all danger and Erik will remain your friend. But woe to you if you ever part with it, for Erik will have his revenge!”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“Tonight I gave you my soul and I am dead.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“I am dying of love. That is how it is...I loved her so! And I love her still....and am dying of love for her. - I kissed her alive...and she looked as beautiful as if she had been dead. ~ Erik”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“Why do you condemn a man who you have never seen, whom no one knows about and whom you yourself know nothing?”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“The man, still kneeling, must have understood the cause of my tears, for he said, 'It is true, Christine! ... I am not an Angel, nor a genius, nor a ghost ... I am Erik!”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“Raoul," she said, "forget THE MAN'S VOICE and do not even remember its name... You must never try to fathom the mystery of THE MAN'S VOICE.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“There is a terrible mystery around us...a mystery much more to be feared than any number of ghosts or genii!”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera