Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds.
To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner.
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?
When people ask me where I am from I never say, ‘Serbia.’ I always say, ‘I come from a country that no longer exists.
Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.
How do you know so much about everything?’ was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was ‘By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.’
Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse.
