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"Melmoth the Wanderer" Quotes
A man, haunted by a pact with the devil, embarks on a timeless journey through guilt, remorse, and ultimate redemption.
Quotes
If I were a great man, I would write my tragedies; but I am not, so I will bear them.
My soul is like an empty chamber, and it seems as if death had breathed upon the strings when last touched by Melmoth.
What we call chance is, in fact, the operation of universal laws, which produce results that seem to us accidental.
There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.
Men and women are only accountable to Heaven for their actions; society cannot prevent them, but it can avenge.
The worst punishment for the most depraved is perhaps to be linked eternally to those stupid enough to trust them.
Melancholy is the twilight of pleasure; there may be happiness in it, but it is mixed with gloom.
It is impossible to escape from conviction—an overruling sense of guilt and danger follows me even in solitude.
The worst of man's delusions is the mirage of hope.
The past could no more return than the Neapolitan could restore the half-eaten fig, which had filled him with such ecstasies.
