he 'd learned once more somehow , after lestat had shattered the undead realm with his antics and his pronouncements , to live from night to night in a semblance of happiness , and to seek for grace once more in the music of operas , symphonies , and choruses , and in the splendor of paintings old and new , and in the simple miracle of human vitality all around him-with armand and benji and sybelle at his side .