Maja Richards

“I give you back your liberty, Christine, on condition that this ring is always on your finger. As long as you keep it, you will be protected against all danger and Erik will remain your friend. But woe to you if you ever part with it, for Erik will have his revenge!”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“There is some music that is so terrible that it consumes all those who approach it.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“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, The Phantom of the Opera

“He had a hear that could have held the empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar.”
― Gaston Laroux, The Phantom of the Opera