1,174 Quotes by Anne Rice

I turned and it seemed the room was pulsing violently around me, all its color coalescing as though Monet’s spirit had infected the very fabric of all solid matter and the air. All the objects of the room seemed arbitrary and symbolic. And beyond lay the savage night-Lestat’s Savage Garden-and random unanswerable stars. As for Louis, he was captivated as only he can become, yielding as men almost never yield, no matter in what shape or form the male spirit may be clothed.

If ever a creature was earthbond, it’s the vampire. We’re wed, soul and body, hopelessly. Only the most painful death by fire can rip that bond.

She was the woman to whom I’d surrendered passion, pride, and honor for a long time before.

She liked all things that were sensual and which involved beauty.

She was quite the reader of books, that I can tell you. She knew so much poetry. She was always quoting this or that verse in an off-handed manner. I try to remember the things she quotes, the poets she loved.

He turned as I entered the room, and I took him in my arms. With him, I could give vent to the affection I’d held so severely in check with Merrick. I held him to myself and kissed him as men might do with other men when they are alone. I kissed his dark black hair and kissed his eyes, and then I kissed his lips.

For the first time in our existence together, I felt a great outpouring of affection, a deep affinity, yet something else made him stiffen suddenly against his will.

I didn’t like seeing blood on him any more than I liked seeing it on Merrick. It struck me hard how much I loved them both.

I thought of Merrick. I couldn’t know what the coming day would be like for her. I feared for her. I feared for her. I despised myself. And I wanted Merrick terribly. I wanted Louis. I wanted them as my companions, and it was utterly selfish, and yet it seemed a creature could not live without simple companionship which I held in mind.