



Most of us never get to know what it feels like.
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
“Even his unusual beauty and unfailing charm were something of a secret to him. When you read his statement that I made him a vampire because I coveted his plantation house, you can write that off to modesty more easily than stupidity, I suppose.
Read between the lines.”
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Ah here it is then. Here is my agony.
— Anne Carson, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides
Oh Louis, Louis. Still whining, Louis. Have you heard enough? I’ve had to listen to that for centuries.
He lavished affection on her, there is no doubt about that. Perhaps, in the end, he did it because he was lonely too.