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Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11) QUOTES

Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11) QUOTES

1 " Nem tehetünk egyebet - gondolta magában -, mint küzdünk az életben maradásért, megőrizzük ép elménket, és tanúként szemlélve a világot abban reménykedünk, hogy ez az egész valahogy értelmet nyer. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

2 " Csak abban a pillanatban értettem meg - mondta Teskhamen -, hogy mindannak az összegzése vagyunk, amit valaha láttunk, nagyra értékeltünk és megértettünk. Te éppúgy voltál a nap fénye a márványpadlón, amelyen az odafestett isteni alakok nevettek, szerettek, és a szőlő levét itták, mint az a sok vers és filozófiai írás, amit valaha elolvastál. Mindannak összegzése és kútfője voltál, aminek valaha a gondját viselted, ami mellett kitartottál, amit és akit szerettél. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

3 " Azért vágyunk a hatalomra, hogy ne kelljen mások hatalma alatt sínylődnünk. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

4 " We are not damned. We never were. Who under the sun has the right to damn any living breathing creature? "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

5 " Remember always,” he said, “that nothing is as precious to us as the magnificent gift of life. Let the moon and the stars always remind you of this—that though we are tiny creatures in this universe, we are filled with life. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

6 " You are too strong for this rain and too strong for this sorrow. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

7 "  ‘If you would have fleshly life, human life, hard life which can move through time and space, then fight for it. If you would have human philosophy, then struggle and make yourself wise, so that nothing can hurt you ever. Wisdom is strength. Collect yourself, whatever you are, into something with a purpose.’  "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

8 " Pain. Unspeakable pain. It didn’t matter who in this world or any other was staring at me, watching me, seeking to share this moment or merely shuddering as I experienced it. Just didn’t matter. Because in pain like this one is always alone. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

9 " we are blessed to be tiny beings in this universe. We are blessed to feel momentous because we are larger than these grains of sand. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

10 " Life is a gift. Immortality is a precious gift. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

11 " I read her thoughts and I found the poetry inside of her, beneath the misfortune of warts and pockmarked skin, of hunched shoulders and deformed limbs. I loved her. Indeed she became, whole and entire, quite beautiful to me—. And she came to love me with her whole heart. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

12 " Fear and music and blood and pain. That was still his existence. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

13 " And it is a great fact of history that the most mediocre and well-meaning imbeciles can strike down the mighty with surprising effectiveness when there is such a huge disparity of souls. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

14 " Only love could create such conflict, such longing, such fear. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

15 " Those who desire power want to be immune to the power of others. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

16 " we are the sum of all we’ve seen and all we’ve appreciated and understood. You were the sum of sunshine on marble floors filled with pictures of divine beings who laughed and loved and drank the fruit of the vine as surely as you were the sum of the poets and historians and philosophers you’d read. You were the sum and the fount of what you’d cherished and chosen to abide and all you had loved. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

17 " Wisdom is strength. Collect yourself, whatever you are, into something with a purpose.’  "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

18 " Give me the heartbeat. Give me the salt. Give me the Viaticum. Fill my mouth. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

19 " When it’s happening it is too beautiful, too overwhelming, and you can feel it’s being lost with every breath you take. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)

20 " I want to remember these nights always, she thought. I want to fix them forever in my memory. I want to lose nothing. When it’s done, when it’s decided and it’s over, I will write a memoir seeking to capture everything forever. When it’s happening it is too beautiful, too overwhelming, and you can feel it’s being lost with every breath you take. "

― Anne Rice , Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #11)