“The explanation of evil is a hell of a lot more disappointing than that. It's blunders, people making blunders, whether it's raiding a village and killing all the inhabitants, or killing a child in a fit of rage. Mistakes. Everything is simply a matter of mistakes.”— Anne Rice, amazon.comTagged: Evil, Mistakes, sins
“Hoping for something is not the same as expecting it.”— Anne Rice, amazon.comTagged: Hope, Expectations, desires
“If drugs really numb your consciousness, they'd be a good thing. As it was, they slowed you down, confused you, kept you vulnerable to violent flashes of recall, and then agitated you and made you unsure of what you knew and didn't know.”— Anne Rice, amazon.comTagged: Drugs, Consciousness, Confusion
“Pride eats the mind and the heart and the soul alive.”— Anne Rice, amazon.comTagged: Pride, minds, Hearts, Souls
“I'm hoping what all sentient beings hope... that somehow I'm part of something larger than myself, in which I play a role, an actual role that is somehow intended and meaningful.”— Anne Rice, amazon.comTagged: Hope, Meaning, Life
“Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth is subversive, that candor is dangerous, that the very scaffold of communal life is supported by lies.”— Anne Rice, amazon.comTagged: Truth, risks, Lies