Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)

by Anne Rice

he was not out of his mind, as Lestat thought, but in some terrible state of lucidity.

now it completely overwhelmed me, and in that state I had no desire to live. Well, this produced in me, as it can in humans, a craving for that which will satisfy at least physical desire.

‘You are in love with your mortal nature! You chase after the phantoms of your former self.

ruthless pursuit of blood with all a child’s demanding.

don’t know if God exists,’ I said. ‘And for all I do know … He doesn’t exist.’ “ ‘Then no sin matters,’ he said. ‘No sin achieves evil.’ “ ‘That’s not true. Because if God doesn’t exist we are the creatures of highest consciousness in the universe. We alone understand the passage of time and the value of every minute of human life. And what constitutes evil, real evil, is the taking of a single human life. Whether a man would have died tomorrow or the day after or eventually … it doesn’t matter. Because if God does not exist, this life … every second of it … is all we have.’