*~Book~*

“Cassandra’s skin crawled. “But that was only a story.” She spoke lightly, trying to regain the ground that she had lost. “My fire opal is real. Demons and bottle imps-they’re things in stories. You wouldn’t be frightened by a story, would you?” Parsefall shouldered his pillowcase and stepped away. “How do you know we ain’t in a story?” he demanded, and was out of the door before she could think of a response.”
― Laura Amy Schlitz, Splendors and Glooms

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I am not here... to talk about Count Philippe... but to tell you that... I am dying."
"Where are Raoul de Chagny and Christine Daaé?"
"I am dying."
"Raoul de Chagny and Christine Daaé?”
― Gaston Leroux

“I have every right to invite her to my home," he retorted. "She loves me for myself."
"That's not true," I said. "You abducted her and are keeping her under lock and key.”
― Gaston Leroux