THE BLOODY CHAMBER QUOTATIONS:
TBC (SHORT STORY) KEY QUOTES:
SETTING:
“The amniotic salinity of the ocean.”
“The water, a mysterious, amphibious place.”
“Castle of Murder.”
“Surrounded by so many mirrors!”
“Let me out of the imprisonment of the castle.”
“Sad, sea-siren.”
“Luminous, murmurous castle.”
THE CHAMBER:
“I walked as firmly as I had done in my mother’s house.”
“The corridor wound downwards.”
“The electricity, for some reason, did not extend here.”
“Instruments of mutilation.”
“My mother’s spirit drove me on into that dreadful place.”
“The walls of this stark torture chamber were the naked rock; they gleamed as if they were
sweating with fright.”
(Opera Lady) “The worst thing was the dead lips smiled.”
(Key) “Dropped into the forming pool of her blood.”
(“Child of the land of vampires”) “She was pierced, not by one but by a hundred spikes.”
“I had sold myself to this fate.”
THE MARQUIS:
“As those eyes… fixed upon me.”
, “He seemed to me like a lily.”
“I was forced to always mimic surprise, so that he would not be disappointed.”
“He was much older than I.”
“Strange, heavy, almost waxen face was not lined by experience.”
“Leonine shape of his head and my nostrils caught a whiff of the opulent male scent of
leather.”
“As though a face lay underneath this mask.”
“He kissed those blazing rubies, kissed them before he kissed my mouth.”
“And I longed for him. And he disgusted me.”
“The Devil himself.”
“That man… so rich, so well born.”
“Join my gallery of beautiful women.”
THE ENDING:
“Heart shaped stain transferred itself.”
“The mark of Cain.”
“We shall have absolute privacy for our last rites.”
“Prepare yourself for martyrdom.”
“Go, now. Bathe yourself; dress yourself.”
(RING) “Give it me back, whore.”
“Such a pretty neck.”
“Put that white dress you wore to hear Tristan.”
THE MOTHER:
“And my husband stood still, as if she had been Medusa.”
“You never saw such things as my mother.”
TBC (SHORT STORY) KEY QUOTES:
SETTING:
“The amniotic salinity of the ocean.”
“The water, a mysterious, amphibious place.”
“Castle of Murder.”
“Surrounded by so many mirrors!”
“Let me out of the imprisonment of the castle.”
“Sad, sea-siren.”
“Luminous, murmurous castle.”
THE CHAMBER:
“I walked as firmly as I had done in my mother’s house.”
“The corridor wound downwards.”
“The electricity, for some reason, did not extend here.”
“Instruments of mutilation.”
“My mother’s spirit drove me on into that dreadful place.”
“The walls of this stark torture chamber were the naked rock; they gleamed as if they were
sweating with fright.”
(Opera Lady) “The worst thing was the dead lips smiled.”
(Key) “Dropped into the forming pool of her blood.”
(“Child of the land of vampires”) “She was pierced, not by one but by a hundred spikes.”
“I had sold myself to this fate.”
THE MARQUIS:
“As those eyes… fixed upon me.”
, “He seemed to me like a lily.”
“I was forced to always mimic surprise, so that he would not be disappointed.”
“He was much older than I.”
“Strange, heavy, almost waxen face was not lined by experience.”
“Leonine shape of his head and my nostrils caught a whiff of the opulent male scent of
leather.”
“As though a face lay underneath this mask.”
“He kissed those blazing rubies, kissed them before he kissed my mouth.”
“And I longed for him. And he disgusted me.”
“The Devil himself.”
“That man… so rich, so well born.”
“Join my gallery of beautiful women.”
THE ENDING:
“Heart shaped stain transferred itself.”
“The mark of Cain.”
“We shall have absolute privacy for our last rites.”
“Prepare yourself for martyrdom.”
“Go, now. Bathe yourself; dress yourself.”
(RING) “Give it me back, whore.”
“Such a pretty neck.”
“Put that white dress you wore to hear Tristan.”
THE MOTHER:
“And my husband stood still, as if she had been Medusa.”
“You never saw such things as my mother.”
