I am an unwilling devil. I cry like some vagrant child. I want to go home.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a longing for belonging and innocence, highlighting inner conflict and vulnerability.
In this poignant quote by Anne Rice, the speaker reveals a deep emotional turmoil, feeling like an unwilling participant in a chaotic world, akin to a wandering child lost and in need of comfort. The reference to crying reflects vulnerability and a desire for the familiarity and safety of 'home,' representing not just a physical space but an emotional state of peace and belonging.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about the human condition at a philosophical seminar.
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 lostβa 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?
It's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace, and a wound that will never heal. No prima donna, the perfume is on an old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey. Goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers and goodnight, Matilda, too.
To practice virtue is to selflessly offer assistance to others, giving without limitation one's time, abilities, and possessions in service, whenever and wherever needed, without prejudice concerning the identity of those in need.
Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.
somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resigns his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward.
If state, party and social policy will not be based on morality, then mankind has no future to speak of.
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