Interview with the Vampire

Lestat: [Angrily] You whining coward of a vampire who prowls the night feeding on... rats and poodles! You could have finished us both! Louis: [Baring fangs] You condemned me to Hell! Lestat: I don't know any hell.

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Lestat: You should consider yourself lucky. In Paris, a vampire must be clever for many reasons. Louis: Paris? Lestat: Here, all one needs is a pair of fangs. Heh. Louis: You came from Paris? Lestat: [Bored] As did the one who made me. Louis: Tell me about him. You must've learned something from him. Lestat: I learned absolutely nothing. I wasn't given a choice, remember? Louis: But you must know something about the meaning of it all- Lestat: [Yelling] Why?! [Angrily bangs fist on table] Why should I know these things? Do you know them? [Pauses; listens to drumming from outside] That noise. It's driving me mad; that noise! We've been in the country for weeks with nothing but that noise! Louis: Yes, they know about us. They watch us dine on empty plates and drink from empty glasses. Lestat: [Calmly] Come... to New Orleans, then. The Paris Opera is in town; we can try some French cui- cuisine. Louis: Forgive me if I have a lingering respect for life. [Sighs] Lestat: You'll soon run out o

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Lestat: [Crashes through window of ablaze plantation master house] Perfect! Perfect! Just burn the place! Burn everything we own! Have us living out in a field, like cattle! Louis: [Sitting on floor leaning against wall] You thought you could have it all... Lestat: Oh, shut up, Louis! [Grabs Louis by shirt and forces him up] Come on! [Slaves cheer and dance at sight of ablaze plantation master house]

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Louis: Where are we? Lestat: Where do you think, my idiot friend? We're in a nice, filthy cemetery. Does this make you happy? Is this fitting, proper enough? Louis: We belong in Hell. Lestat: And what if there is no Hell, or they don't want us there? Ever think of that? Louis: [Narrating] But there was a Hell. And no matter where we moved to, I was in it. We rented rooms on the waterfront of New Orleans.

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Prostitute 1: [Lestat is pinning down a prostitute on a couch with her legs around him] Your skin is icy. Lestat: [Turning his attention to Prostitute 2] Your friend has no head for wine. Prostitute 2: Don't worry. I can warm that cold skin of yours better than she can. Lestat: Do you think so? Prostitute 2: Why... you're warm now! But the price is high. Lestat: Your pretty friend, I exhausted her. [Caressing prostitute's cheek] Soft. So soft. I can see you lying on a bed of satin. Prostitute 2: Such things you say. Lestat: Do you know what manner of bed? Should we put out the light? And then put out the light. But once I've put out thy light... I cannot... give it vital breath again. Its needs must wither. [Bites prostitute's wrist, pours it out in glass and holds out the glass to Louis] For you, Louis. You can pretend it's wine. Louis: She's not dead! Lestat: You're in love with your mortal nature. You resist what can bring you peace. Louis: You call this peace?! Lestat: We're predat

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Lestat: [Irritated] Mon dieu, more melancholy nonsense. I swear, you grow more like Louis every day. Soon you'll be eating rats! Louis: It was a long time ago, before you were born. And I don't recommend them.

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