I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from the angels and the saints. I work them in always, in some way.

We have to become saints. We have to become like Christ. Anything less is simply not enough.

And then there came the pounding of another drum, as if another giant were coming yards behind him, and each giant, intent on his own drum, gave no notice to the rhythm of the other. The sound grew louder and louder until it seemed to fill not just my hearing but all my senses, to be throbbing in my lips and fingers, in the flesh of my temples, in my veins.

… in the relentless and meaningless manner one searches for something in a nightmare, coming on doors that won’t open or drawers that won’t shut, struggling over and over against the same meaningless thing, not knowing why the effort seems so desperate, why the sudden sight of a chair with a shawl thrown over it inspires the mind with horror.

Memnoch the Devil happen to be my favorite of all The Vampire Chronicles.

A perfectly evil Devil makes even less sense than a perfect God.

Because I show you my pain, I do not of necessity love you.