Knowledge drifts in and out of my mind", said Lestat with a little look of honest distress and a shake of his head. "I devour it and then I lose it and sometimes I can't reach for any knowledge that I ought to possess. I feel desolate, but then knowledge returns or I seek it out in a knew source."(..)" But you love books, then", Aunt Queen was saying. I had to listen." Oh, yes, " Lestat said. "Sometimes they're the only thing that keeps me alive."" What a thing to say at your age", she laughed." No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don't you think? The young are eternally desperate, " he said frankly. "And books, they offer one hope - that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved. Anne Rice
About This Quote

As the quote explains, Lestat feels that he has no knowledge, but he occasionally finds knowledge in books. It is worth noting that Lestat is not just a fictional character, but an actor as well. He is an actor who only plays the vampire character, Lestat. Lestat is not just a vampire character, but also an actor who only plays the vampire character, Lestat.

It was after seeing this play that I first read the book “Interview with a Vampire” by Anne Rice. I found the book very interesting and didn’t even realise it was based on a real person. You should find this quote interesting because it shows how interests are similar to other interests, but they are also different because of the point of views of each interest.

Source: Blackwood Farm

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