“ Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds. Anne Rice
“ I am the Vampire Lestat. I'm immortal more or less. The light of the sun, the sustained heat of an intense fire-these things might destroy me. But then again, they might not. Anne Rice
“ A singer can shatter glass with the proper high note, he said, but the simplest way to break glass is simply to drop it on the floor. Anne Rice
“ Oh Lestat, you deserved everything that's ever happened to you. You better not die. You might actually go to hell. Anne Rice
“ And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved. Anne Rice
“ Should we put out the light? And then put out the light. But once put out thy light, I cannot give it vital breath again. It needs must wither. Anne Rice
“ Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high school over and over again in a small town ---- anymore tha… Anne Rice
“ To be godless is probably the first step to innocence, he said, to lose the sense of sin and subordination, the false grief for things supposed to be lost.So by innocence you mean not an absence of ex… Anne Rice
“ You're the hunter, the warrior. You're stronger than anyone else here, that's your tragedy. Anne Rice
“ I wanted to kiss her, she was beautiful again to me. But I dared not risk it. It wasn't only that I would have frightened her, it was that the desire to kill her was almost overpowering. Some fierce p… Anne Rice
“ Being a vampire for him meant revenge. Revenge against life itself. Every time he took a life it was revenge. It was no wonder, then, that he appreciated nothing. The nuances of vampire existence were… Anne Rice
“ No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don’t you think? The young are eternally desperate,” he said frankly. “And books, they offer hope — that a whole universe might open up from between the cove… Anne Rice
“ One will hate you for taking his life, another will run to excesses that you scorn. A third will emerge mad and raving, another a monster you cannot control. One will be jealous of your superiority, a… Anne Rice
“ The spirit who inhabits her animates us all. Destroy the host, you destroy the power. The young die first; the old wither slowly; the eldest perhaps would go last. But she is the Queen of the Damned,… Anne Rice
