Tanith Lee Quotes

1947–2015 England

Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British writer of science fiction, horror and fantasy. She also wrote under the pseudonym Esther Garber.

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The demons had invented love. There needs to be said no more.

Night's Sorceries (1987)

And in the manner of this ideal we strive, though even that not too onerously. For piety itself may be used to make a chain about the soul.

Night's Sorceries (1987)

A tomb contains the dead, who are properly immobile and unspeaking. Though Masrians leave lamps for the ghosts, nobody expects they will be lighted.

Quest for the White Witch (1978)

“What’s Hell?” inquired Wild-Eye. “You should visit before you pass judgement on a place. And have you never heard it said, the Dark One is a gentleman?”

The Castle of Dark (1978)

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

Delusion's Master (1981)

Self-love is neither fantasy nor vulgar joke. The totality of the “I,” the inbuilt survival and self-protective trait, is one of the most unshakable syndromes known to psycho-science.

Electric Forest (1979)

“Like most loners,” said Moddik, “you carry the seeds of violent authority. Loners need to be bossy. They quickly learn it’s the only method they have of shoving people off their backs.”

Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977)

I know the old ways. There’s nothing evil there, only strange, and not even strange when you know it.

Companions on the Road (1975)

There are two clever tricks men know. One is to make much of nothing. The second is to make nothing of much.

Vazkor, Son of Vazkor (1978)

“Sorcery is a strong wine, and you are drunk on it.”
“Do not anticipate I shall sober.”

Death's Master (1979)

The year was woven on the loom, finished and folded away upon the pile of other years in the tall chests of Time.

Night's Master (1978)

“Is it the regency you want, or me?”
“The regency. You, sweetheart, are the worthless dross that comes with it.”

The Storm Lord (1976)

“We are taught that the gods do not care for us,” said Pereban the priest. “Therefore we must seek for guidance in our own selves.”

Night's Sorceries (1987)

He said quietly, “I see a jackal running. His name is I remember.”

Quest for the White Witch (1978)

To be static was never wise. Cobwebs clung to walls which stood. Men must journey, for in motion lay the seed, or at least the symbol of progress.

Night's Sorceries (1987)

“‘Not everything that walks is a man,’” said the boulder conversationally, “‘and not everything that lies quiet is a stone,’ as the wolf remarked when the serpent bit him.”

Volkhavaar (1977)

We should go and ask the princess for help. She seems very nice, and she’s much too beautiful to be unkind.

The Dragon Hoard (1971)

And now, Uastis, get up. This room is architecturally designed to please the eye, and your present position mars it for me.

The Birthgrave (1975)

The stink of madness is unsubtle here. Let us be going.

Delusion's Master (1981)

The harshest lesson of all was that which ran contrary to the teaching of his own personality.

Day by Night (1980)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tanith Lee (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.