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Memnoch the Devil

Name: Memnoch the Devil
Author: Anne Rice

Memnoch the Devil is a horror novel by American writer Anne Rice, the fifth in her Vampire Chronicles series, following The Tale of the Body Thief. Many of the themes of this novel and in large part the title are re-borrowed from the 19th-century gothic novel Melmoth the Wanderer by Irish author Charles Maturin. In this story, Lestat is approached by the Devil and offered a job at his side.

“Do you know what I think about crying? I think some people have to learn to do it. But once you learn, once you know how to really cry, there's nothing quite like it. I feel sorry for those who don't know the trick. It's like whistling or singing.”

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“Sometimes fear is a warning. It's like someone putting a hand on your shoulder and saying Go No Farther.”

Anne Rice book Memnoch the Devil

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“Heaven would be Hell in no time if every cruel, selfish, vicious soul went to Heaven.”

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“‎There's no way to cheat a sensualist like me, somebody who can die laughing for hours over the pattern of the carpet in a hotel lobby.”

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