" 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 off 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. "

― Anne Rice , Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)