Tanith Lee Quotes

I held out my book. It was precious to me, as were all the things I'd written; even where I despised...

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

I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I...

It's lovely. I hate it.

Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.

I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, ev...

If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too ...

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

It was the forest’s fault. Those two handsome woodcutters. An evil place, the forest, everyone knew ...

Israbel smiled once more. It was difficult to take your gaze away from her mouth - unless you looked...

Standing by the frozen glass, he stared down at the icy, barely lit streets running towards the rive...

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

Men could not have too much. Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup w...

What is any of this to us? Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it...

Azhrarn the Beautiful," said Chuz lovingly, "it is your beautiful madness I have come to see.

The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that it cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certai...

Azhrarn, Lord of Terrors, terrified.

and their days make no story for they were good and joyful and without event

The kind of teacher who never learned anything herself. Or taught anything, except sarcasm or fear.

The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from ...