“Sometimes, the Angel [of Music] leans over the cradle... and that is how there are little prodigies who play the fiddle at six better than men of fifty, which, you must admit is very wonderful. Sometimes, the Angel comes much later, because the children are naughty and won't learn their lessons or practice their scales. And sometimes, he does not come at all, because the children have a wicked heart or a bad conscience.” 
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera


“Are people so unhappy when they love?"
"Yes, Christine, when they love and are not sure of being loved.” 
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera


“Erik is not truly dead. He lives on within the souls of those who choose to listen to the music of the night.” 
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“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.” 
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“She's singing to-night to bring the chandelier down!” 
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

“Know that it is a corpse who loves you and adores you and will never, never leave you!...Look, I am not laughing now, crying, crying for you, Christine, who have torn off my mask and who therefore can never leave me again!...Oh, mad Christine, who wanted to see me!” 
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera