All the mortal world is a lethal enemy during those hours between dawn and dusk.

Be kind. Always if you have a choice, be kind.

The library furnished our dreams, helped us shape our ambitions, made up people of books and ideas and grand designs.

When you find out there is no ultimate good and evil in which you can place your faith, the world does not fall apart at the seams. It simply means that every decision is more difficult, more critical, because you are creating the good and evil yourself and they are very real.

You see,' [Armand] said, 'killing other vampires is very exciting; that is why it is forbidden under penalty of death.

Heaven would be Hell in no time if every cruel, selfish, vicious soul went to Heaven.

In the spring of 1988, I returned to New Orleans, and as soon as I smelled the air, I knew I was home. It was rich, almost sweet, like the scent of jasmine and roses around our old courtyard. I walked the streets, savoring that long lost perfume.