The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis's quest for meaning in a godless world. He searched to find the oldest existing immortal simply to ask, What is the meaning of what we are?
Anne RiceTo be godless is probably the first step to innocence," he said, "to lose the sense of sin and subordination, the false grief for things supposed to be lost." So by innocence you mean not an absence of experience, but an absence of illusions." An absence of need for illusions," he said. "A love of and respect for what is right before your eyes.
Anne RiceYou never know the palette of the one you kill until the mind disgorges its finest colours.
Anne RiceI left Christianity because I wanted to be a moral person. That is why I left. I no longer believed in its lies.
Anne Rice