Tanith Lee Quotes

• The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that is cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even joy would become merely habit.

  Tanith Lee

  Lying, Joy, Lasts

  Christian Dörge (Illustrator), Tanith Lee (2016). “DELUSION'S MASTER (Special Edition)”, p.189, BookRix

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• No one is ever ordinary.

  Tanith Lee

  Ordinario

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• Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.

  Tanith Lee

  Jobs, Saint, Tough

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• We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.

  Tanith Lee

  Art, Needs, Ancient

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• I will draw you back to me. You shall see. By a chain of stars.

  Tanith Lee

  Stars, Chains, Draws

  Tanith Lee (2014). “Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer: Expanded Edition”, p.80, Wildside Press LLC

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• The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it.

  Tanith Lee

  Soul, Flesh, Hamper

  Tanith Lee (2016). “Death's Master”, p.20, Penguin

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• When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.

  Tanith Lee

  Play, Fascinated

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• Flat or round, there has always been hate in the world.

  Tanith Lee

  Hate, World, Flats

  Tanith Lee (1981). “Tales from the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness Night's Master Death's Master Delusion's Master”

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• A rose by any other name Would get the blame For being what it is-- The colour of a kiss, The shadow of a flame. A rose may earn another name, So call it love; So call it love I will, And love is like the sea, Which changes constantly, And yet is still The same.

  Tanith Lee

  Besar, Amor Es, Llamas

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• Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away was what gave the wine its savor.

  Tanith Lee

  Wine, Would Be, Cups

  Tanith Lee (2016). “Death's Master”, p.72, Penguin

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• The so-called Real World. Human misery and sadness. Blind politics and general cruelty.

  Tanith Lee

  Real, Sadness, World

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• I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women, beasts and demons.

  Tanith Lee

  Strong, Writing, Men

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• I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does?

  Tanith Lee

  Doe, Wonderful, Knows

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• Madness. I did not get myself born to die. I have better things to do.

  Tanith Lee

  Madness, Born, Things To Do

  Tanith Lee (1987). “Tales from the Flat Earth: Night's Daughter”

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• If I ever get to 100, I'd want to be filled with wonder and wild, adolescent, wide-eyed interest in newness. So let's keep the flame burning. Let's stop thinking everyone over 29, or 49, has to be reinforced by concrete.

  Tanith Lee

  Thinking, Flames, Burning

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• We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do.

  Tanith Lee

  Dream, May, Mercy

  Tanith Lee (1991). “The Book of the Dead”, Overlook Pr

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• I must suppose that reading wonderful writers may, inadvertently, teach an avid reader a great deal -- not only about life and other matters, but about how to write. Therefore doubtless I have benefited from frequent immersions in the glowing genius of others. It would be nice to think so. (I do actually think so). But to improve my skills will never be the prompting force of my reading -- that's just literary lust.

  Tanith Lee

  Nice, Reading, Writing

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• Dawn rose from the desert and turned the river to wine.

  Tanith Lee

  Wine, Rivers, Rose

  Tanith Lee (1981). “Tales from the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness Night's Master Death's Master Delusion's Master”

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• If you run away from trouble, it always follows.' Rather my impression, too. Though that never stopped me trying.

  Tanith Lee

  Running, Trying, Trouble

  Tanith Lee (2003). “The Claidi Collection”, Dutton Childrens Books

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• Oh, love. Love is best of all. There is no such total element, not even pain. Who has ever loved, knows this. I need not say more.

  Tanith Lee

  Pain, Love Is, Needs

  Tanith Lee (2003). “Mortal Suns”, p.174, The Overlook Press

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• Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure?

  Tanith Lee

  Writing, Scary, Atheism

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• Es precioso. Lo odio.

  Tanith Lee

  Hate, Lovely, I Hate

  Tanith Lee (2003). “The Claidi Collection”, Dutton Childrens Books

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• Men are not the causers of history. History itself, by a pressure of events, causes men to resort to particular actions.

  Tanith Lee

  Men, Events, Pressure

  Tanith Lee (1996). “The Gods are Thirsty”, Overlook Books

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• How massively the mountains stand, while low to the ground the sand blows. The sand blows on and on. And then there are no mountains, none at all, the sand has kissed and whispered them away. And still, the sand blows on.

  Tanith Lee

  Blow, Mountain, Sand

  Tanith Lee (1987). “Tales from the Flat Earth: Night's Daughter”

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• I held out my book. It was precious to me, as were all the things I'd written; even where I despised their inadequacy there was not one I would disown. Each tore its way from my entrails. Each had shortened my life, killed me with its own special little death.

  Tanith Lee

  Book, Special, Littles

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