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Quotation from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

“I want to have a wife like everybody else and to take her out on Sundays.”

Gaston Leroux (spoken by Erik)

The Phantom of the Opera, Chapter XXII, trans. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Portrait of Gaston Leroux

Through the wall of the torture chamber, Raoul and the Persian overhear Erik pleading with Christine, his opera Don Juan Triumphant now finished.

Citation: "I want to have a wife like everybody else and to take her out on Sundays." — Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera, Chapter XXII, trans. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. (id the-phantom-of-the-opera-q6)

Portrait: G. LEROUX, Unidentified photographer, Public domain.

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