Gaston Leroux quotes

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)
None will ever be a true Parisian who has not learned to wear a mask of gaiety over his sorrows and one of sadness, boredom, or indifference over his inward joy. View quote
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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. View quote
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Erik: Are you very tired? Christine: Oh, tonight I gave you my soul, and I am dead. Erik: Your soul is a beautiful thing, child. No emperor received so fair a gift. The angels wept to-night. View quote
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Blood!... Blood!... That's a good thing! A ghost who bleeds is less dangerous! View quote
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Holy angel, in Heaven blessed, My spirit longs with thee to rest. View quote
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Erik is not truly dead. He lives on within the souls of those who choose to listen to the music of the night. View quote
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You are crying! You are afraid of me! And yet I am not really wicked. Love me and you shall see! All I wanted was to be loved for myself. View quote
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You must know that I am made of death, from head to foot, and it is a corpse who loves you and adores you and will never, never leave you! View quote
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Everyone dies. I just choose the time and place for some of them! View quote
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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)
I am not really wicked. Love me, and you will see! View quote
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All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik) View quote
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No, he is not a ghost; he is a man of Heaven and earth, that is all. View quote
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But do you love me? If Erik were good-looking, would you love me, Christine? View quote
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When a woman has seen me, as you have, she belongs to me. She loves me forever. View quote
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He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar. View quote
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They played at hearts as other children might play at ball; only, as it was really their two hearts that they flung to and fro, they had to be very, very handy to catch them, each time, without hurting them. View quote
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She's singing to-night to bring the chandelier down! View quote
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Tonight I gave you my soul, and I am dead." - Christine, from Gaston Leroux's: The Phantom of the Opera. View quote
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Our lives are one masked ball. (Gaston Leroux)
... the girl with the tip-tilted nose, the forget-me-not eyes, the rose red cheeks and the lily-white neck and shoulders who gave the explanation in a trembling voice: "It's the ghost! View quote
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I tore off my mask so as not to lose one of her tears... and she did not run away!... and she did not die!... She remained alive, weeping over me, weeping with me. We cried together! I have tasted all the happiness the world can offer. View quote
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Are people so unhappy when they love?" "Yes, Christine, when they love and are not sure of being loved. View quote
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There are times where excessive innocence seems so monstrous that it becomes hateful. View quote
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