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The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis's quest for meaning in a godless world. He searched to find the oldest existing immortal simply to ask, What is the meaning of what we are?

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Anne Rice
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 4
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Anne O'Brien
A. N. Roquelaure
Anne Rampling
Howard Allen O'Brien
Howard Allen Frances O'Brien
Interviews
Searched
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Immortal
Oldest
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Louis
Meaning
Quests
Simply
Interview
Asks
Quest
Existing
Godless
Find
Vampire
Ghouls
Whole

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