Blackwood Farm Quotes

“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.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“But you love books, then,” Aunt Queen was saying. I had to listen.

“Oh, yes,” Lestat said. “Sometimes they are the only thing that keeps me alive.”

“What a strange thing to say at your age,” she laughed.

“No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don’t you think? The young are eternally desperate,” he said frankly. “And books, they offer one hope —- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that new universe, one is saved.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“I am in love with you', I responded.
He laughed the most beguiling and gentle laugh.
'Of course you are,' he replied. 'I understand perfectly because I'm in love with myself. The fact that I'm not transfixed in front of the nearest mirror takes a great deal of self-control.'
It was my turn to laugh.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don’t you think? The young are eternally desperate,” he said frankly. “And books, they offer hope — that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe one is saved.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“Knowledge drifts in and out of my mind", said Lestat with a little look of honest distress and a shake of his head. "I devour it and then I lose it and sometimes I can't reach for any knowledge that I ought to possess. I feel desolate, but then knowledge returns or I seek it out in a knew source."

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"But you love books, then", Aunt Queen was saying. I had to listen.

"Oh, yes," Lestat said. "Sometimes they're the only thing that keeps me alive."

"What a thing to say at your age", she laughed.

"No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don't you think? The young are eternally desperate," he said frankly. "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.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“Don’t regret it when you don’t come to see me. I think I’m timeless. You’re here now and you’ve remembered me. That’s what counts.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“If I could, I'd deliver you from old age and death, from aches and pains, from the blandishments of ghosts, from the torment of your familiar, Goblin. I'd deliver you from heat and cold and from the arid dullness of the noonday sub. I'd deliver you into the placid light of the moon and into the domain of the Milky Way forever.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“And do stop trying to determine if I am a man or a woman. The fact is I'm a good part both and therefore neither one. I was just explaining to your Aunt Queen. I was born endowed with the finest traits of both sexes and I drift this way and that as I choose.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“I’m in love with you,” I responded. He laughed the most beguiling and gentle laugh. “Of course you are,” he replied. “I understand perfectly because I’m in love with myself. The fact that I’m not transfixed in front of the nearest mirror takes a great deal of self-control.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“I’m theatrical and incorrigible. A regular beast when it comes to the exaggerated and the eccentric.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“Right before my eyes he was seemingly as solid as I was; and then I felt the tingling all through my limbs as he merged with me, and the tiny stabs on my hands and my neck and my face. I struggled as if I were caught in a perfect net.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don’t you think? The young are eternally desperate,” he said frankly. “And books, they offer one hope –that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that new universe, one is saved.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“It's always the young ones who end it. The ones for whom mortality holds magic. As we grow older it's eternity that is our boon.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“El vasto cielo estaba cubierto de nubes y luego nos abrimos paso hasta las mismísimas estrellas.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“Knowledge drifts in and out of my mind,” said Lestat with a little look of honest distress and a shake of his head. “I devour it and then I lose it and sometimes I can’t reach for any knowledge that I ought to possess. I feel desolate, but then knowledge returns or I seek it out in a new source.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“But I did love Blackwood Manor, with the irrational and possessive love that only great houses can draw from us—houses that say, “I was here before you were born and I’ll be here after you”; houses that seem a responsibility as much as a haven of dreams.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“ ‘Quinn,’ she said, ‘we live in houses that were built by people’s dreams, and we have to accept that. We have to revere the dream and realize that someday the house will go to others after us. These houses are personalities in our lives. They have their roles to play.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“Things don’t really go in a straight line the way living people think. Everything is always happening all the time.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“I don’t think you can feel sheer panic continuously. Your mental system breaks down. It comes in waves, and you have to tell yourself, well, this will end.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“Let perpetual light shine upon them, O Lord, and may their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“I’m in love with you,” I responded. He laughed the most beguiling and gentle laugh. “Of course you are,” he replied. “I understand perfectly because I’m in love with myself. The fact that I’m not transfixed in front of the nearest mirror takes a great deal of self-control”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“I’m in love with you,” I responded. He laughed the most beguiling and gentle laugh. “Of course you are,” he replied. “I understand perfectly because I’m in love with myself. The fact that I’m not transfixed in front of the nearest mirror takes a great deal of self-”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“and falling into that new universe, one is saved.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don’t you think? The young are eternally desperate,” he said frankly. “And books, they offer one hope—that a whole universe might open up from between the covers,”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“and sometimes I can’t reach for any knowledge that I ought to possess. I feel desolate, but then knowledge returns or I seek it out in a new source.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“Knowledge drifts in and out of my mind,” said Lestat with a little look of honest distress and a shake of his head. “I devour it and then I lose it”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“If I could, I’d deliver you from old age and death, from aches and pains, from the blandishments of ghosts, from the torment of your familiar, Goblin. I’d deliver you from heat and cold and from the arid dullness of the noonday sun. I’d deliver you into the placid light of the moon and into the domain of the Milky Way forever.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“I have wrestled with angels and dragons to be with you!”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“something that looks human but it’s a ghost,”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm

“And books, they offer one hope—that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that new universe, one is saved.”
― Anne Rice, Blackwood Farm