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The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.

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It was as if when I looked into his eyes I was standing alone on the edge of the world...on a windswept ocean beach. There was nothing but the soft ro...more

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Because if God doesn't exist we are the creaturesof highest consciousness in the universe. We alone understand thepassage of time and the value off ev...more

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New Orleans, city of roaches, city of decay, city of our family, and of happy, happy people.

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Do you know what I think about crying? I think some people have to learn to do it. But once you learn, once you know how to really cry, there's nothin...more

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What mysteries we are, human, vampire, monster, mortal, that we can love and hate simultaneously, and that emotions of all sorts might not parade for ...more

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Oh to have you with me, to have you here, not to be alone, but to be with you, my beauty, you of all souls! You.

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Evil is anything that goes against life, harms life, stifles life, destroys life. Evil is bringing harm to another person, inflicting unnecessary pain...more

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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 w...more

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Finally those you love are simply ... those you love.

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God is a creative force, Lestat. And so are we. He told Adam, 'Increase and multiply.' That's what the first organic cells did, Lestat, increased and ...more

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I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love.

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Who has a right to tell me I have no gift, no talent, no passion ...' he murmured. 'Why do people say those things to you when youre young? Doesn't se...more

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I was just walking around saying “We’re all gonna die!” I never got over it. I went to class, I did what I had to do, but I was a gibbering idiot. It ...more

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There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world -- its beauty, its mys...more