“To leave a whisper of myself in the world, my ghost, a magna opera of words.”
“We recognize the touch of the Opera ghost.”
“A ghost who, on the same evening, carries off an opera-singer and steals twenty-thousand francs is a ghost who must have his hands very full!”
“Then he raised her enough to whisper in her ear, and while his voice was tender, his words were savage. "You're my woman, and no man or God or ghost will ever take you from me.”
“There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by my self.”
“I want to douse myself in silver words and whisper away all rue.”