#opera

You will be the happiest of women. And we will sing, all by ourselves, till we swoon away with delight. 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

#phantom-of-the-opera #love

No matter how alone you seem to be right now, just be aware that in this precise moment there are huge amounts of people who totally resonate with you, who share exactly your hopes and desires, who would be most happy to support you, just as you would be happy to support them. Be open to connect with them, and allow them to connect with you. ↗

— Franco Santoro

#cooperation #friendship #friendship

For the love of God, unless you’re prepping for Rigoletto at the Met, go easy on the eyeliner. ↗

— Cheryl Cory

#excess #eyeliner #makeup #opera #teenagers

Let her destroy me if she will. Better to be destroyed by her love than to never have known it. Erik Book 2~Chanson de l'Ange: The Angel's Song ↗

— Paisley Swan Stewart

#love

He's mine. I love him, and you can't have him, Christine. You can't have them both. ↗

— Sadie Montgomery

#erik #meg-giry #opera-ghost #phantom-of-the-opera #love

A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#marriage #marriage

This is your birthday treat, and you're supposed to enjoy it, I reminded myself. It was part of my normal existence to give myself instructions like this. Maybe other people acted and lived in total naturalness. I often wondered if they did. But me? I needed an operating manual. ↗

— Lauren Myracle

#enjoy #life-instructions #operating-manual #life

Erik, Erik! I saved your life! Remember? You were scentenced to death! But for me you would be dead by now. ↗

— Gaston Leroux

#le-fantôme-de-l-opéra #the-phantom-of-the-opera #death

Science fiction is for real, space opera is for fun. ↗

— Brian W. Aldiss

#space-opera #science

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. -Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918) ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#enemies #justice #partners #peace #politics