I am an unwilling devil. I cry like some vagrant child. I want to go home.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a longing for belonging and innocence, highlighting inner conflict and vulnerability.
In this poignant quote by Anne Rice, the speaker reveals a deep emotional turmoil, feeling like an unwilling participant in a chaotic world, akin to a wandering child lost and in need of comfort. The reference to crying reflects vulnerability and a desire for the familiarity and safety of 'home,' representing not just a physical space but an emotional state of peace and belonging.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about the human condition at a philosophical seminar.
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?
Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.
Grace can neither be bought, earned, or won by the creature. If it could be, it would cease to be grace.
Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can't even finish my second apple pie.
Woman’s bodies continue to be dismembered in advertising. Over and over again just one part of the body is used to sell products, which is one of the most dehumanizing thing you can do to someone. Not only is she a thing, but just one part of that thing is focused on.
If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of the universe, and so winning peace of heart whatever obstacles we meet.
Secrecy is for losers. . . . It is time to dismantle government secrecy, this most persuasive of Cold War-era regulations. It is time to begin building the supports for the era of openness that is already upon us.
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