Carmen Quotes

“We all think we're different, but when it comes around, we end up needing the same things. Somebody to love us. Somebody to respect us.”
― Walter Dean Myers, Carmen: An Urban Adaptation of the Opera

“Love came to me, but it
Just wasn't for me.
It touched my heart and left it
Lying on the shore, and
Love smiled at me, but it
Just wasn't for me.
It glanced my way with pity, but
I soon knew it had other plans.
Once again my heart was broken;
I was all alone to
Mourn.

―Carmen, singing the reprise to "Love Has Flown Away”
― Walter Dean Myers, Carmen: An Urban Adaptation of the Opera

“Love came easy, but it just wasn't for me.
It flew away like swallows on a summer evening.
Love sang softly, but it just wasn't to me.
Was I a fool to give my love, to give my soul,
and more away?
My heart aches with longing, cries each night,
As I just fall apart.

—Carmen, singing "Love Has Flown Away”
― Walter Dean Myers, Carmen: An Urban Adaptation of the Opera

“Life laughs at me now,
Sad, forsaken clown.
Dreams crumble and fall.
They die silently.

Where is there to turn to?
Where can I find mercy?
Love is what I needed,
All I wanted from this life.

―Carmen, singing "Destiny Theme”
― Walter Dean Myers, Carmen: An Urban Adaptation of the Opera