More by Tanith Lee
The deeds of conquest and omnipotence have a sameness, as does the exposition of most evil.
Delirium's Mistress (1986)
I will suppose that all humankind have souls, a condition which, when sober, I do not hold.
Night's Sorceries (1987)
Nothing can be learned without some measure of risk, and, more vital still, of patience.
Electric Forest (1979)
Destiny or gods or fortune—whatever one is pleased or innocent enough to call them—they seal men to their decree.
Quest for the White Witch (1978)
He took her virginity with the gentle care of love, and with love’s glorious violence.
Night's Sorceries (1987)
Let us prove to the world that superstition is idiocy and all the demons are dust.
Perfidious Amber (1979)
This sight was terrible, more terrible than words convey, for words are cowards as men are, and hide things as men do.
Volkhavaar (1977)
Power is the wine after which all other wine is mud.
Quest for the White Witch (1978)
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