Koa Houston

“To Beatrice-
darling, dearest, dead.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning

“You think you are following me, you great booby, whereas it’s I who am following you;”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera - Full Version [Annotated]

“Well, then, it’s quite simple . . . Christine Daaé shall leave this as she pleases and come back again! . . . Yes, come back again, because she wishes . . . come back of herself, because she loves me for myself! . . .”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“Leaning over me, he cried, ‘Look! You want to see! See! Feast your eyes, glut your soul on my cursed ugliness! Look at Erik’s face! Now you know the face of the voice! You were not content to hear me, eh? You wanted to know what I looked like! Oh, you women are so inquisitive! Well, are you satisfied?”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera