Quotes / At the Opera Tonight

Oh my hero, so far away now.
Will I ever see your smile?
Love goes away, like night into day.
It's just a fading dream.
I'm the darkness, you're the stars.
Our love is brighter than the sun.
For eternity, for me there can be,
Only you, my chosen one...
Must I forget you? Our solemn promise?
Will autumn take the place of spring?
What shall I do? I'm lost without you.
Speak to me once more!
We must part now, my life goes on.
But my heart won't give you up.
Ere I walk away, let me hear you say,
I meant as much to you...
So gently, you touched my heart.
I will be forever yours.
Come what may, I won't age a day,
I'll wait for you, always...

— Aria di Mezzo Carattere, Final Fantasy VI

Above the pit, but down close to the stage, was a balcony divided into boxes, and there sat the ladies of quality, gorgously gowned and jewelled, with their husbands and lovers... Essentially. the audience was aristocratic—the harlots and 'prentices being almost the only outsiders—and the ladies and gentlemen came to be seen and be seen, to gossip and to flirt. The play was a secondary consideration.

— Forever Amber

So I walk into the main lobby of the theater, where a gaggle of yuppies are pretending they appreciate the smooth, creamy, silky sound of the opera singing, yet during the intermission are smashing handfuls of Xanax so that they can get through the second act.

—Youtuber Modest Pelican, during his playthrough of Hitman: Blood Money