



He grew reflective again and very sad. It almost hurt me to look at him. I wanted to grab him by the shoulders and shake him, but that would only have made him furious.
“I love you,” he said softly.
I was amazed.
“You’re always looking for a way to triumph,” he continued. “You never give in. But there is no way to triumph. This is purgatory we’re in, you and I. All we can be is thankful that it isn’t actually hell.
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Lestat: Have you suffered in my absence?
Louis: It was pure hell. Each risk you take hurts me. But that is my concern and fault.
Lestat: Why do you love me?
Louis: You know, you’ve always known. I wish I could be you. I wish I could know the joy you know all the time.
Lestat: And that pain, you want that as well?
Louis: Your pain? Certainly. I’ll take your brand of pain anytime, as they say.
Quote from ‘The Tale of The Body Thief’, four book of Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice.

I wanted to grab him by the shoulders and shake him, but that would only have made him furious. “I love you,” he said softly. I was amazed.
- Lestat about Louis in Tale of the Body Thief p. 110