Who knew that better than I, who had presided over the death of my own…

Anne Rice
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Who knew that better than I, who had presided over the death of my own body, seeing all I called human wither and die only to form an unbreakable chain which held me fast to this world yet made me forever its exile, a specter with a beating heart? ✨ Anne Rice (2010). Interview with the Vampire, p.157, Ballantine Books
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