Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another.
Interpretation
The essence of my work is to share the Christian narrative, a tradition that has continued since the time of the Evangelists.
In this quote, Anne Rice emphasizes the importance of conveying the Christian story as a core part of her life's work. She recognizes that this narrative has been passed down through generations, starting with the Evangelists, and it remains a significant vocation for her to reinterpret and share it with contemporary audiences.
In practice
In a sermon discussing the importance of sharing one's faith, this quote could be used to emphasize the continuity of the Christian message.
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?
In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have to be present and accountable n the presence of God. I do not wish to be found wanting.
Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life.
My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced lack of need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities. I am truly a 'lone traveler' and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart; in the face of all these ties, I have never lost a sense of distance and a need for solitude.
History is a living whole. If one organ be removed, it is nothing but a lifeless mass.
Fear Allah, for that is fortune; indifference to Allah is misfortune.
And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can't ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it's already happened.
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