Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely.

I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt that I wasn't a member of any particular group.

I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on...

Keep your secrets Keep your silence It is a better gift than truth

It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being people who hate others.

Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high school over and over again in a small town ---- anymore than they would hurt the physically disabled or the mentally challenged. My vampires possess gravitas. They can afford to be merciful.

I allowed myself to forget how totally I had fallen in love with Lestat's iridescent eyes, that I'd sold my soul for a many-colored and luminescent thing, thinking that a highly reflective surface conveyed the power to walk on water.