You see,' [Armand] said, 'killing other vampires is very exciting; that is why it is forbidden under penalty of death.

“I didn't want to be in hell, even for a moment. I sure as hell wasn't going the…”

“It was as if this night were only one of thousands of nights, world without end…”

“Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few re…”

“You sense my loneliness, (...) my bitterness at being shut out of life. My bitt…”