But all morality is of necessity shaped by context. I'm not talking relativism, no. To ignore the context of a decision is in fact immoral.

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

And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.

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.

Let the spirits witness: for theirs is the knowledge of the future - both what it would be, and what I will: You are the Queen of the Damned, that's what you are! Evil is your only destiny. But at your greatest hour, it is I who will defeat you. Look well on my face. It is I who will bring you down.

Claudia... you've been a very very naughty little girl.

The supernatural world has always been more real to me than the real world.