--- title: "2 Gothic Quotes By Sheridan Le Fanu" description: "2 Gothic quotes by Sheridan Le Fanu. Plus more from Sheridan Le Fanu and more Gothic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/sheridan-le-fanu-60226_gothic_and-when-she-had-spoken-such-a-rhapsody_43309.jpg" --- > [“And when she had spoken such a rhapsody, she would press me more closely in her trembling embrace, and her lips in soft kisses gently flow upon my cheek.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheridan-le-fanu/and-when-she-had-spoken-such-a-rhapsody-she-would-press-me-more/) [Sheridan Le Fanu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheridan-le-fanu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/sheridan-le-fanu-60226_gothic_and-when-she-had-spoken-such-a-rhapsody_43309.jpg) > [“She used to place her pretty arms about my neck, draw me to her, and laying her cheek to mine, murmur with her lips near my ear, “Dearest, your little heart is wounded; think me not cruel because I obey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheridan-le-fanu/she-used-to-place-her-pretty-arms-about-my-neck-draw-me-to-her-and/) [Sheridan Le Fanu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheridan-le-fanu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/sheridan-le-fanu-60226_carmilla_she-used-to-place-her-pretty-arms-about_1146800.jpg) ## Other authors on Gothic - [Simona Panova 24 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/simona-panova/) - [Jake Vander-Ark 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/jake-vander-ark-2/) - [Nathan Reese Maher 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/nathan-reese-maher/) - [Hazel Butler 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/hazel-butler/) - [Gwenn Wright 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gothic/gwenn-wright/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-trevelyan-22636.jpg) Shane K.P. 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