Susan Kay Quote

Night after night the nightingale came to beg for divine love, but though the rose trembled at the sound of his voice, her petals remained closed to him...
Flower and bird, two species never meant to mate. Yet at length the rose overcame her fear and from that single, forbidden union was born the red rose that Allah never intended the world to know.


Christine Daae (p. 433) - Phantom (1990)


Night after night the nightingale came to beg for divine love, but though the rose trembled at the sound of his voice, her petals remained closed to...

Night after night the nightingale came to beg for divine love, but though the rose trembled at the sound of his voice, her petals remained closed to...

Night after night the nightingale came to beg for divine love, but though the rose trembled at the sound of his voice, her petals remained closed to...

Night after night the nightingale came to beg for divine love, but though the rose trembled at the sound of his voice, her petals remained closed to...