Anne Rice

when we are weary, we speak lovingly of dreams as if they embodied our true deisres-What we WOULD have when that which we DO have so sorely disappoints us ↗

— Anne Rice

#dreams

It seems an insult to the night to speak of purpose and intent, when this common moment is so brimming full of blessed design tranquility. All things follow their course. ↗

— Anne Rice

#beauty

The greatest create of power you have on earth, whether you are an angel, a spirit, a man or woman or child is to help others. ↗

— Anne Rice

#life

I’d thought I knew what beauty was in women; but she’d surpassed all the language I had for it. ↗

— Anne Rice

#anne-rice #lestat-de-lioncourt #queen-of-the-damned #beauty

Why does shame and self-loathing become cruelty to the innocent ? ↗

— Anne Rice

#shame #cruelty

What is fear after all? It is indecision. You seek some way to resist, escape. There is none. ↗

— Anne Rice

#beauty

No one is safe from nature's savagery,not even the innocent. Only beauty is consistent. Gabrielle envisions a time when the Savage Garden will overtake civilizations and destroy it. ↗

— Anne Rice

#civilization #savage-garden #beauty

I congratulate myself on not having arrived into the world until the present time. This age suits my taste. ↗

— Anne Rice

#age

I would die rather than live without you. I would die the same way he died. I can't bear you to look at me the way you did. I cannot bear it if you do not love me!" -Claudia. ↗

— Anne Rice

#horror #vampire #love

My conscience is killing me, isn't it? And when you're immortal that can be a really long and ignominious death ↗

— Anne Rice

#death