"Thérèse Raquin" Quotes
A passionate affair takes a dark turn, leading to a web of betrayal, guilt, and ultimate tragedy.
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Quotes
The thought of suicide was the only thing that consoled her; it was a hope, something to which she could cling; it was a refuge in which she hid from the fact of life.
Thérèse was a human beast of prey, an automaton of destruction.
The lovers were filled with a sense of false security now that they no longer had to hide their love.
The crime seemed to her a natural outcome of the conditions in which she had lived.
But no, she was not happy; she had never been happy.
She was a woman of flesh and blood, with all the desires and instincts of a healthy human being.
The reality was that she was a murderess, and her victim was always before her eyes.
She had been driven to commit a crime by the force of circumstances.
She no longer had any faith in her own destiny; she felt that she was caught in an inescapable trap.
They were bound together by a chain of guilt, and they could never break free from it.
