Anne Rice

"I never lie," I said offhand. "At least not to those I don't love."

"Oh to have you with me, to have you here, not to be alone, but to be with you, my beauty, you of all souls! You."

"It was as if when I looked into his eyes I was standing alone on the edge of the world...on a windswept ocean beach. There was nothing but the soft roar of the waves."

"The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us."

"The worst takes its time to come, and then to pass."

"People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult."

"The young know how truly difficult and dreadful youth can be. Their youth is wasted on everyone else, that's the horror. The young have no authority, no respect."

"For those who care, and I understand if you don't: Today I quit being a Christian. I'm out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being "Christian" or to being part of Christianity. It's s…"