Austin Petrini

“And you must know we do not really change over time; we are as flowers unfolding, we merely become more nearly ourselves.”
― Anne Rice, The Queen of the Damned

“But Counsels are supposed to be old,” Nathan protested, dragging his fingers through his hair until it stood on end. “I’m not even seventy yet.”
― Joy Demorra, True Love Bites

“It was haunted; but real hauntings have nothing to do with ghosts finally; they have to do with the menace of memory.”
― Anne Rice, The Queen of the Damned

“Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.”
― Vincent van Gogh