A singer can shatter glass with the proper high note,” he said, “but the simplest way to break glass is simply to drop it on the floor.

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 would go last. But she is the Queen of...

Being a vampire for him meant revenge. Revenge against life itself. Every time he took a life it was revenge. It was no wonder, then, that he appreciated nothing. The nuances of vampire existence weren’t...

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.

I wanted to kiss her, she was beautiful again to me. But I dared not risk it. It wasn’t only that I would have frightened her, it was that the desire to kill her was...

You’re the mad one,’ I said. ‘If you could see yourself, hear your own voice, your music – which of course you play for yourself – you wouldn’t see darkness, Nicki. You’d see an illumination...

I don’t think you can hold in your mind the full conception of what the world is.

Don’t be a fool for the Devil, darling.

Malady of mortality

And books, they offer hope — that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe one is saved.

You’re the hunter, the warrior. You’re stronger than anyone else here, that’s your tragedy.

One will hate you for taking his life, another will run to excesses that you scorn. A third will emerge mad and raving, another a monster you cannot control. One will be jealous of your...

En quelques jours, ils avaient noué une alliance malsaine avec un jeune et élégant vampire français du Garden District aux cheveux blonds improbables, et totalement dénué de scrupules.

I can’t help being a gorgeous fiend. It’s just the card I drew.

Cholernie dobrze wiem, jak być w pełni rozwiniętym, postrenesansowym, postdziewiętnastowiecznym, postmodernistycznym, postpopularnym pisarzem. Dekonstruować to nie ze mną, skarbie. Z tego wniosek, że ode mnie dostaniesz powieść jak się patrzy – z początkiem, środkiem i...

Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high school over and over again in a small town —-...

I am the Vampire Lestat. I’m immortal more or less. The light of the sun, the sustained heat of an intense fire-these things might destroy me. But then again, they might not.

I never lie,” I said offhand. “At least not to those I don’t love.

Should we put out the light? And then put out the light. But once put out thy light, I cannot give it vital breath again. It needs must wither.

Oh Lestat, you deserved everything that’s ever happened to you. You better not die. You might actually go to hell.