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“If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.”
Source: The Phantom of the Opera
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Context: I swept the marble chambers,
But you sent me down below.
You kept me from believing
Until you let me know:
That I am not the one who loves —
It's love that chooses me.
When hatred with his package comes,
You forbid delivery.