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The grape of truth is often bitter, but not to taste it in its season would be to waste the vine.

— Tanith Lee Quest for the White Witch (1978)

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If she had supposed the gods ever listened, she would have prayed.

Night's Sorceries (1987)

Anxiety grew, the fear that always comes when an established pattern falters.

The Birthgrave (1975)

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

Night's Master (1978)

There is one sound way a man can bind a woman to him, the same way she will bind him, and with the same rope.

Vazkor, Son of Vazkor (1978)

The deeds of conquest and omnipotence have a sameness, as does the exposition of most evil.

Delirium's Mistress (1986)

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