1,174 Quotes by Anne Rice

I played the teacher with great earnestness and generosity, and something of pure self-indulgence. Was it for Lestat or me that I wanted him to know everything? I don’t know. But those were splendid hours for me, I know that much.

I carry the obligation as if she were still with me, as if even now I had to go and spend my hours in her shrine.

Where could she have gotten these notions, except from the bits and pieces of electric dreams that she watched on a great screen I’d provided for her?

Stop dreaming of those chains in which she once bound Lestat unless you truly wish for her to bind you in them.

It was as if the terrible battle was over. He had confessed his wrath and it was gone, and he sat still and simple near the fire, the warrior no longer. Such was the magic of words, he thought.

Anger is too painful for me. Anger is too pathetic. I cannot hear it. I cannot act upon it.

I can see all the stories of my life. I can pick and choose from among them.

Your words flow over me like warm water. They bring me comfort. I hunger for your images. I hunger for all you might say.

Let my stories do what stories always do. Let them keep you from your darker dreams and from your darker journey. Let them keep you here.