"I can make anything disappear, if I really want to."

"I have often thought I would have been quite happy as a spider. Even a spider has the right to a mate."

"Death was the ultimate power and I his eager, willing apprentice."

"Memories are like fireflies darting across the surface of my mind, showing me here and there images so sharp and vivi…"

"For a moment I thought I knew exactly how Christ must have felt as He called John."

"Ah, well... hell is full of burning boats, did you know that, Nadir? I daresay that's what makes it so bloody hot."

"My mind has touched the farthest horizons of mortal imagination and reaches ever outward to embrace infinity. There i…"

"The more I thought about it, the better I liked the idea. The corps de ballet were already calling me "the Phantom of…"

"Up in box five I blinked in surprised amusement. That was a new one! Little Giry should be writing Gothic novels, not…"

"Awful things!... truly awful. The floor in our dressing room starts to run with blood... disembodied hands come out o…"