110 Quotes by Gaston Leroux

I am the little boy who went into the sea to rescue your scarf

What tragedies, what passions, what crimes had surrounded the idyll of Raoul and his sweet and charming Christine!... What had become of that wonderful, mysterious artist of whom the world was never, never to hear again?...

Richard at once declared that we must be content with that and drop the subject. I agreed with Richard. All's well that ends well. What say you, O.G?

Hay momentos en los que la excesiva inocencia parece tan monstruosa que se vuelve odiosa

Si hay cosas de las que uno no se jacta, hay otras por las que se sufre demasiada humillación al ser compadecido

That [never leaving home] is an undertaking which I have not asked of you and a promise which I refuse to make you!' said the young girl, haughtily. 'I am mistress of my own actions, M de Chagny: you have no right to control them; and I will beg you to desist henceforth. As to what I have done during the last fortnight, there is only one man in the world who has the right to demand an account of me: my husband! Well, I have no husband and I never mean to marry!

Persons who are visited by the Angel quiver with a thrill unknown to the rest of mankind. And they cannot touch an instrument or open their mouths to sing, without producing sounds that put all other human sounds to shame.

Moi, je ne m’exprime jamais comme les autres !... Je ne fais rien comme les autres!... Mais j’en suis bien fatigué !... bien fatigué !...

Ti nejnevinnější, zaskočení ve svém pokojném srdci, náhle blednou nebo se červenají pod ranou, jež je zasáhne, napřimují se nebo se hroutí, protestují nebo mlčí, když mají mluvit, nebo mlubí, když mají mlčet, nebo zůstávají klidní, když se mají potit, nebo se potí, když nemají - a vypadají pak najednou jako viníci.