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below are multiple quotes taken from the classic french novel the count of monte cristo, as spoken by the character haydee. feel free to change pronouns as necessary.

“Why do you address me so coldly – so distantly? Have I by any means displeased you? Oh, if so, punish me as you will ; but do not speak to me in tones and manner so formal and constrained.”

“I don’t wish to see anybody but you.”

“I have never seen anyone I preferred to you, and I have never loved anyone but you and my father.”

“I will never leave you, for I am sure I could not exist without you.”

“In the morning, I shall rejoice in the prospect of your coming, and in the evening dwell with delight on the happiness I have enjoyed in your presence.”

“Oh, believe me, that when the three great passions, such as sorrow, love, and gratitude fill the heart, ennui can find no place.”

“If you were to die, I should die too.”

“I feel as though it would kill me to remain long near that dreadful man.”

“Whom do you bring? Is it a friend, a brother, a simple acquaintance, or an enemy?”

“When I shut my eyes and think, I seem to see it all again. The mind can see as well as the body. The body forgets sometimes – but the mind never forgets.”

“You wish me, then, to relate the history of my past sorrows?”

“In this place were together 60,000 pouches and 200 barrels; the pouches contained 25,000,000 of money in gold, and the barrels were filled with 30,000 pounds of gunpowder.”

“As for me, I can never forget the pale complexion and black eyes of the young soldier, and whenever the angel of death summons me to another world, I am quite sure I shall recognize him.”

“Oh, how distinctly I remember that kiss! It was the last he ever gave me, and I feel as if it were still warm on my forehead.”

“In great dangers the devoted ones cling to each other.”

“Young as I was, I understood that some imminent danger was hanging over our heads.”

“My mother was a Christian, and she prayed.”

“May God preserve you from ever wishing for that death which today you so much dread!”

“My father disappeared in a whirlwind of fire and smoke kindled by these demons, and which seemed like Hell itself opening beneath his feet.”

“My miseries recall to me the remembrance of your goodness.”

“I cried bitterly, and tried to raise my mother from the earth, but she was dead.”

“Although a Christian, may God forgive me, I have always sought to revenge my illustrious father.

“I love retirement and silence, because I can live with my thoughts and recollections of past days.”

“I learn all in the silence of my apartments – for instance, I see all the newspapers, every periodical, as well as every new piece of music.”

“But it is a glorious day for me, that on which I find at last an opportunity to avenge my father!”

“You do not know me? Well, I fortunately recognize you!”

“Assassin, assassin, assassin, you have still on your brow your master’s blood!”

“You were free, you had a beloved father, you were destined to be almost a queen.”

“Why are you bequeathing all your fortune to me? Are you going to leave me?”

“Well, if you die, bequeath your fortune to others, for if you die I shall require nothing.”

“What I have suffered you shall never know.”

“I will forget even your name, and be happy.”

“He is my master, and I am his slave. He has the right to notice nothing.”

“I am young. I love the life you have made so sweet to me, and I should be sorry to die.”

“I love you as my life, for you are the best, the noblest of created beings.”

“He says that through me he will suffer – through me, who would yield my life for his.”

#✰ ━ ❝ STARRY NIGHT. ❞ MEME.

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