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“He looked up in despair at the starry sky, he struck his burning chest with his fist; he loved and he was not loved!”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“You see, Christine, there is some music that is so terrible that it consumes all those who approach it.”
― 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

“If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera