For several long moments we remained locked together, and I think I covered her hair with small sacred kisses, her perfume crucifying me with memories.
Interpretation
This quote captures an intimate moment filled with passion and nostalgic memories associated with a loved one.
In this quote, Anne Rice expresses a profound and reverent connection between two people, highlighting a moment of closeness that transcends the physical. The imagery of 'small sacred kisses' suggests a deeply cherished bond, while the mention of 'her perfume crucifying me with memories' conveys how senses can evoke powerful recollections of love and longing.
In practice
During a wedding speech to highlight the beauty of love.
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 lost–a 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?
You can grow up with literally nothing and you don’t suffer if you know you’re loved and valued.
I am worth loving. I do not have to earn love. I am lovable because I exist. Others reflect the love I have for myself.
He had been content with daily labour and rough animal enjoyments, 'till Catherine crossed his path. Shame at her scorn, and hope of her approval, were his first prompts to higher pursuits; and, instead of guarding him from one and winning him to the other, his endeavors to raise himself had produced just the contrary result.
We all have this fantasy of finding our one true love who's going to be the perfect fit. It's just not a reality.
Oh, why was he so handsomely blond, so courteously aloof, so maddeningly boring with his talk about Europe and books and music and poetry and things that interested her not at all - and yet so desirable?
You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams.
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