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?
Print encourages a sense of closure, a sense that what is found in a text has been finalized, has reached a state of completion.
If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?
Let's build a country of opportunities, where everybody is equal before the law and where the rules of the game are honest and transparent, and the same for everyone.
The laws receive their force and authority from an oath of fidelity, either tacit or expressed, which living subjects have sworn to their sovereign, in order to restrain the intestine fermentation of the private interest of individuals.
We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.
Paradise is at your own center; unless you find it there, there is no way to enter.
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