One of my favorite quotes, found in The Monk (and also symbolic of how this novel is part romance)

“I will think my sacrifice scarcely worthy to purchase your possession; and remember, that a moment passed in your arms in this world, o’erpays an age of punishment in the next.”

Came across this while reading and thought it was remarkable that I couldn’t find it anywhere on the internet. Very romantic dialogue despite the gross context around it.

Thought it was interesting first volume of this novel can be read almost standalone as a sort of anti-piety romance—Ambrosio discovers one of his fellow monks is a woman and falls to temptation. I thought it had a wholesome quality to it… before the rest of the novel where his character degrades beyond forgiveness.