"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."

"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…"

"Hell is not a place, it's a state of mind and body; hell is obsession with a voice, a face, a name."