The Passion of Cleopatra (Ramses the Damned #2)

by Anne Rice

For most people, words are just symbols for sounds, made on paper. For you, they can create all new worlds in your mind.”

much all of us give up in this life, sooner or later, because we can never have all that we want. You’ll find out soon enough. We’re blessed, my dear. Quite blessed, but no life is without sacrifices.”

“You see, sometimes, Alex, we have to lose things to learn compassion. And sometimes we are overcome by change that arrives with some measure of violence, but leaves us transformed for the better.”

Those to whom I have not spoken should expect no response when they speak to me.

“There is no heaven. There is no hell. There is no above or below. If there is a realm beyond this one, it is no more beautiful, no more significant, no more full of truth, than ours here on earth.”