1,174 Quotes by Anne Rice

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 never went away. I never again felt the same way about life and death.

Killing is no ordinary act,' said the vampire. 'One doesn't simply glut oneself on blood.' He shook his head. 'It is the experience of another's life for certain, and often the experience of the loss of that life through the blood, slowly. It is again and again the experience when I sucked the blood from Lestat's wrist and felt his heart pound with my heart. It is again and again a celebration of that experience; because for vampires that is the ultimate experience.

Then, are you master of us all? You didn't teach her that. Was she supposed to imbibe it from my quiet subservience?

Three generations before I was the one meant for the necklace. I saw him when I was three years old, so clear and strong that he could slip his warm hand in mine, he could lift me in theair, yes, lift my body, but I refused him. I turned my back on him. I told him, You go back to the hell from which you came. And I used my power to fight him.

There are times when one simply cannot say no.

Who were the men who did this?" Guido demanded suddenly.Tonio was putting on his cloack. He looked up as if already in deep thought."Fools," he answered, "at the command of a coward."page 139

First time my master’s in English literature ever proved useful.

Who were the men who did this?" Guido demanded suddenly.Tonio was putting on his cloak. He looked up as if already in deep thought."Fools," he answered, "at the command of a coward.

It was as if the empty nights were made for thinking of him. And sometimes I found myself so vividly aware of him it was as if he had only just left the room and the ring of his voice were still there. And somehow, there was a disturbing comfort in that, and, despite myself, I’d envision his face.