Carmen

They feel themselves to be a superior race as regards intelligence, and they heartily despise the people whose hospitality they enjoy

How, indeed, can superstition exist among a race which, as a rule, makes its livelihood out of the credulity of others?

You are my rom, and you have the right to kill your romi, but Carmen will always be free. A calli she was born, and a calli she'll die

I said to her: 'Be rational, I implore you; listen to me. All the past is forgotten. Yet you know it is you who have been my ruin—it is because of you that I am a robber and a murderer

You mean to kill me, I see that well,' said she. 'It is fate. But you'll never make me give in

She answered, 'Yes, I'll follow you, even to death—but I won't live with you any more

I'm tired of killing all your lovers; I'll kill you this time

I begged her to forgive me, but she sulked with me for a whole day, and when I started back to Montilla she wouldn't kiss me. My heart was still very sore, when, three days later, she joined me with a smiling face and as merry as a lark.

We were not born to plant cabbages,' she cried. 'Our fate is to live payllos!

Take care you don't drive me too far; if you tire me out, I'll find some good fellow who'll serve you