How we cite our quotes: (Part.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"I was educating Claudia, whispering in her tiny seashell ear that our eternal life was useless to us if we did not see the beauty around us." (1.427)
As Claudia's father figure, Louis is responsible for educating her. It's a good thing he is there to instill in her an appreciation for beauty. If Lestat were her sole parent, we can bet she would be a 100% killing machine. (And that brings us back to another question. Evil: nature or nurture?)
Quote #5
"Suppose the vampire who made you knew nothing, and the vampire who made that vampire knew nothing [...] and so it goes back and back, nothing preceding nothing, until there is nothing! And we must live with the knowledge that there is no knowledge!" (1.511)
One benefit to being a vampire is that it's easy to trace the history of the species. Why? Well, they live for a heck of a lot longer. It's possible that the very first vampire is still alive somewhere. The very first human, on the other hand, is no more than dust.
Quote #6
"There was in me that great desire to see Europe and to know it." (1.651)
Louis wants to visit Europe for two reasons: 1) It's the mother of New Orleans. He wants to see where the history of the great city he loves comes from. 2) Claudia's books practically have maps in them that say "Here Be Vampires" right over Europe.