Author of quotes: Gaston Leroux. Page 3

Now go, Christine DOE: you can give human beings some heavenly music!

They "played in the heart" as the others are playing ball; but as it was their hearts which they were transferred hither, it required great skill to catch them without causing each other pain.

Around you, Christine, there is some mystery of the earth, which we must fear more than all the ghosts and spirits combined.

He sang anything extraordinary: he made the gems out of the mud.

It was serene, clean source of harmony, from which believers could drink safely and faithfully, in the full confidence that they are drinking musical grace. And their art, touching the divine, will be transformed.

What hell are you leaving, mysterious Mademoiselle, or in what heaven?

Don't touch me. I am the Red death passing by.

He was ready to suffer, to forgive - he was in love.

Have a fancy dress was another advantage: it Raul was left alone with the suffering of his soul, and the sorrow of his heart. He didn't have to pretend or to turn his face a mask, devoid of expression, it was hidden by a mask.

Is it not possible to forbid a woman to have a clear eye of a child, when she has the soul of a courtesan?

There are some things not to brag, and things that are too humiliating to be sorry.

There are moments when the excessive naivete seems so monstrous that it becomes hated.

This Nordic angel, must be cunning as a Fox!

Where was your soul, Carlotta, when you danced at the infamous tavern in Barcelona? Where she was later, in Paris, when you were singing obscene, cynical songs in a dubious music halls? Where was your soul when the masters gathered in the home of one of your lovers, you have removed music from your obedient instrument, great for his ability to sing about sublime love or low debauchery with the same indifferent perfection? Carlotta, if you have once the soul was, and then you lost it, you had the opportunity to acquire it, becoming Juliet, Elvira, Ophelia and Margaret, for others rising from great depths than you, and purified by art.