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Gaston Bachelard

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GASTON LEROUX ...the girl with the tip-tilted nose, the forget-me-not eyes, the rose red cheeks
and the lily-...
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GASTON LEROUX why do you condemn a man whom you have never met, whom no one knows and about whom even you yourself...
GASTON LEROUX When a woman has seen me, as you have, she belongs to me. She loves me forever.
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GASTON LEROUX Our lives are one masked ball.
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GASTON LEROUX But do you love me? If Erik were good-looking, would you love me, Christine?
GASTON LEROUX And, despite the care which she took to look behind her at every moment, she failed to see a shadow ...
GASTON LEROUX Holy angel, in Heaven blessed,
My spirit longs with thee to rest
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GASTON LEROUX Erik: Are you very tired?
Christine: Oh, tonight I gave you my soul, and I am dead.
Erik: ...
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GASTON LEROUX I tore off my mask so as not to lose one of her tears... and she did not run away!...and she did not...
GASTON LEROUX All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)
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CITO GASTON I remember he wore us out. He made some great, great catches on us.
CITO GASTON He was serving pretty well today,
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GASTON GAUDIO I think I've always had it in me. I just haven't been able to put it together for a whole match.
GASTON GAUDIO He was better than me today. I didn't do anything.
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