I'm speaking of the character of human beings, not what they believe in. I'm speaking of those who won't accept a useless life just because they were born to it. I mean those who would be something better. They work, they sacrifice, they do things... He was moved by this, and I was a little surprised that I'd said it. Yet I felt I'd had hurt him somehow. There is blessedness in that. I said. There's sanctity. And God or no God, there is goodness in it. I know this the way I know the mountains are out there, that the stars shine. ✨ Anne Rice (2013). The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle, p.861, Ballantine Books
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- Let the flesh instruct the mind. ✨ Anne Rice (2011). The Vampire Chronicles Collection: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, p.190, Ballantine Books
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- Without memory there can be no insight. Without love, there can be no appreciation. ✨ Anne Rice (1996). Servant of the Bones, Random House Large Print Publishing
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