My conscience is killing me, isn't it? And when you're immortal that can be a really long and ignominious death

Come on, say it again. I'm a perfect devil. Tell me how bad I am. It makes me feel so good!

Don't be a fool for the Devil, darling.

Claudia... you've been a very very naughty little girl.

Oh Lestat, you deserved everything that's ever happened to you. You better not die. You might actually go to hell.

I am the Vampire Lestat. I'm immortal more or less. The light of the sun, the sustained heat of an intense fire-these things might destroy me. But then again, they might not.

Nothing in all the world is so nonsensical and contradictory, save mortals, that is, who live in the grip of the superstitions of the past.

One moment the world is as it is. The next, it is something entirely different. Something it has never been before.

-You are on the verge of being truly mad. -No, not at all. Look at me. I can tie my shoelaces. See?

None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.

Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed.

Having somebody help you doesn't mean that you have failed. It just means that you're not in it alone

Being liked or not, having company or not, being understood or not, being acknowledged or not are not issues of concern on the spiritual path.

Commerce links all mankind in one common brotherhood of mutual dependence and interests.

A resource-poor country like Japan can only rely on people's endeavor and knowledge. I would like to continue my effort to provide help to younger people.

A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.

What I love about my husband is that he really allows me to be the best person I can.

Risk-taking is the essence of innovation.

All the world's people should share all the world's resources.

Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies at the back of a lot of people's stories and histories.

The definition of mantra is "that which protects the mind." That which protects the mind from negativity, or that which protects you from your own mind, is called mantra.