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.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a desire for personal significance within a larger purpose or community.
In this quote, Anne Rice reflects on the human longing to feel connected to a greater whole and to contribute meaningfully to that larger existence. It emphasizes the search for purpose and the innate desire to belong, suggesting that each individual seeks to understand their place within the vastness of life and the universe.
In practice
In a graduation speech to inspire students to find their purpose in their careers.
From my stone pillow I have dreamed dreams of the mortal world above. I have heard its voices, its new music, as lullabies as I lie in my grave. I have envisioned its fantastical discoveries. I have known its courage in the timeless sanctum of my thoughts. And though it shuts me out with its dazzling forms, I long for one with the strength to roam it fearlessly, to ride the Devil's Road through its heart.
We all suffer under a curse, the curse that we know more than we can endure, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing we can do about the force and the lure of this knowledge.
And so this young one, this young one whom I had so loved, I had to forsake, no matter how broken my heart, no matter how lonely my soul, no matter how bruised my intellect and spirit.
Dear God, help me. Do not forget me on this tiny cinder lost in a galaxy that is lost–a heart no bigger than a speck of dust beating, beating against death, against meaninglessness, against guilt, against sorrow.
The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.
In the very depths of Hell, do not demons love one another?
When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
Abnormal, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested.
I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.
In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage- to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness.
The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
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