Tanith Lee Quotes

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• 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.

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  Ordinary

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

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  Jobs, Saint, Tough

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

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

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  Art, Needs, Ancient

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

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  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.

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  Play, Fascinated

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

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

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  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.

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  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?

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  Doe, Wonderful, Knows

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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.

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  Wine, Would Be, Cups

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

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

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Nice, Reading, Writing

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

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  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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• 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.

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  Kissing, Love Is, Flames

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• It's lovely. I hate it.

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  Hate, Lovely, I Hate

  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.

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  Pain, Love Is, Needs

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

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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.

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  Book, Special, Littles

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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.

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  Blow, Mountain, Sand

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

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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?

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  Writing, Scary, Atheism

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• Never be afraid of a cliché, if it expresses what you wish to say.

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  Wish, Ifs

  Tanith Lee (2013). “The Silver Metal Lover”, p.79, Hachette UK

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• Danger and anger are everywhere. Love is the rarity, the gem buried in the core of the mine, the outpost of God.

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  Love Is, Danger, Buried

  Tanith Lee (2005). “Metallic Love”, p.124, Spectra

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