Bee

“You’re young, unschooled in the ways of love. Love is violence, my darling; it is a thunderstorm that tears apart your world. More often than not, love ends in tragedy, but we go on loving in the hope that this time, it will be different. This time, the beloved will understand us. They will not try to flee from our embrace, or become discontent with us.”
― S.T. Gibson, A Dowry of Blood

“Good was above all kind; it was to be gentle. It was to waste nothing. It was to paint, to read, to study, to listen, even to pray, though to whom I prayed I wasn’t sure, and it was to take every opportunity to be generous to those mortals whom I did not kill.”
― Anne Rice, The Vampire Armand

“weep when there are no more rules to break?” “Ah, but there are always rules to break.”
― Anne Rice, The Queen of the Damned

“His eyes closed for a split second and he sank against Armand’s shoulder, feeling Armand’s hand on his back. Far away he heard Armand’s voice: “What do I do with you, my beloved? Especially now, when I myself am so afraid.”
― Anne Rice, The Queen of the Damned