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One tiny flame could make so many other flames; one tiny flame could set afire a whole world. (Anne Rice)
I read The Old Curiosity Shop before I began Blackwood Farm. I was amazed at the utter madness in that book. View quote
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Be kind. Always if you have a choice, be kind. View quote
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Revenge is the concern of those who are at some point or other beaten. I am not beaten, I told myself. No, not beaten. And victory is far more interesting to contemplate than revenge. View quote
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But the sky was never quite the same shade of blue again. View quote
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The most difficult novel I have had to write in terms of just getting it done was The Vampire Lestat. It took a year to write. View quote
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The human heart is my school. View quote
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I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful? View quote
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The earth here is beautiful. And it still belongs to the dead. View quote
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In the very depths of Hell, do not demons love one another? View quote
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I was good and bad, but never wicked. (Anne Rice)
I think to feel this happy is to be miserable, to feel this much satisfaction is to burn. View quote
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Goodnight sweet prince, may flights of devils wing you to your rest. View quote
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In the spring of 1988, I returned to New Orleans, and as soon as I smelled the air, I knew I was home. It was rich, almost sweet, like the scent of jasmine and roses around our old courtyard. I walked the streets, savoring that long lost perfume. View quote
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I know nothing, because I know too much, and understand not nearly enough and never will. View quote
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And I realized that I'd tolerated him this long because of self-doubt. View quote
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Believe in angels? Then believe in vampires. Believe in me. There are worse things on earth. View quote
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Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth is subversive, that candor is dangerous, that the very scaffold of communal life is supported by lies. View quote
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We have to become saints. We have to become like Christ. Anything less is simply not enough. View quote
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I want to love all the children of God - Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist - everyone. I want to love gay Christians and straight Christians. View quote
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Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books. (Anne Rice)
I was a newborn vampire, weeping at the beauty of the night. View quote
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The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation. View quote
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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. View quote
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Words. Borne on the ever swelling current of hatred, like flowers opening in the current, petals peeling back, then falling apart. View quote
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