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Memnoch the Devil
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"Memnoch the Devil" Quotes

A vampire encounters the Devil and is forced to confront his own mortality and the nature of good and evil.

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I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take my fill of ambrosia, the food of the gods.

Anne Rice

mortalitycosmos

What is it about the human race that makes them so curious about what others believe?

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curiositybelief

There is no other devil. I am he.

Anne Rice

devilidentity

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.

Anne Rice

lifepreservation

It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else.

Anne Rice

freedomself-governance

We are all in equal danger of falling beneath God's great power, but few of us are so fortunate as to be able to understand that.

Anne Rice

dangerfaith

I'd never asked myself if I deserved this suffering. But I knew with certainty that I'd done nothing to earn it.

Anne Rice

sufferingdeserving

God has no need of money. His love is priceless.

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godlovevalue

To question is to blaspheme.

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questioningblasphemy

Hell is not a place, but a state of mind.

Anne Rice

hellstate of mind