
“Do you love me now?” I asked. He smiled; oh, it was excruciating to see his face soften and brighten simultaneously when he smiled. “Yes."
"We sat there in silence for many long moments, and then he spoke.
- You burnt my little house, didn’t you? - he asked in a small, vibrant voice.
- Can you blame me? - I asked with a smile, eyes still on the altar. - Besides, I was a human when I did that. It was human weakness. Want to come and live with me?"
—Lestat, in The Tale Of The Body Thief
"We have souls, you and I. We want to know things; we share the same earth, rich and verdant and fraught with perils. We don’t either of us know what it means to die, no matter what we might say to the contrary."
—Lestat in Memnoch The Devil (book)