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Tanith Lee quotes: When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it. When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.
Tanith Lee quotes: Go nowhere on a horse that fades, for your dreams will betray you. Go nowhere on a horse that fades, for your dreams will betray you.
Tanith Lee quotes: Im a devotee of Dracula, which was a pathfinder in horror and vampire fiction. Im a devotee of Dracula, which was a pathfinder in horror and vampire fiction.
Tanith Lee quotes: I do not think I was afraid. There must be substance to breed fear, and I was hollow. I do not think I was afraid. There must be substance to breed fear, and I was hollow.
Tanith Lee quotes: Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure? Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure?
Tanith Lee quotes: When the night burned its cloak in the sunrise ... When the night burned its cloak in the sunrise ...
Tanith Lee quotes: Azhrarn the Beautiful," said Chuz lovingly, "it is your beautiful madness I have come to see. Azhrarn the Beautiful," said Chuz lovingly, "it is your beautiful madness I have come to see.
Tanith Lee quotes: Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote. Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.
Tanith Lee quotes: The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it. The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it.
Tanith Lee quotes: He sat by her, watching every gesture she made, as if he would paint her portrait afterward. He sat by her, watching every gesture she made, as if he would paint her portrait afterward.
Tanith Lee quotes: Is any world quite sensible? Is any world quite sensible?
Tanith Lee quotes: You should visit before you pass judgement on a place. You should visit before you pass judgement on a place.
Tanith Lee quotes: I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.
Tanith Lee quotes: I tend not to analyse my work, though I'm frequently intrigued when other people take time to do so. I tend not to analyse my work, though I'm frequently intrigued when other people take time to do so.
Tanith Lee quotes: Mirrors taught: Perhaps there were always at least two sorts of reality, what you credited, and what was true. Mirrors taught: Perhaps there were always at least two sorts of reality, what you credited, and what was true.
Tanith Lee quotes: Live and let love.Love and let go.Go live. Live and let love.
Love and let go.
Go live.
Tanith Lee quotes: Would you like an interview for the drama, too?""I can't act.""Everyone can act. We spend our lives acting. Would you like an interview for the drama, too?"
"I can't act."
"Everyone can act. We spend our lives acting.
Tanith Lee quotes: When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything! When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!
Tanith Lee quotes: Louisa beheld the grounds and house with the calm pleasure of one who has seen nothing, been nowhere, expects everything, and has little imagination. Louisa beheld the grounds and house with the calm pleasure of one who has seen nothing, been nowhere, expects everything, and has little imagination.
Tanith Lee quotes: I hardly ever work from a synopsis I find they act like chains. I hardly ever work from a synopsis
I find they act like chains.
Tanith Lee quotes: No one more cynical than an idealist. No one more cynical than an idealist.
Tanith Lee quotes: Are not all loves secretly the same? A hundred flowers sprung from a single root. Are not all loves secretly the same? A hundred flowers sprung from a single root.
Tanith Lee quotes: If you run away from trouble, it always follows.'Rather my impression, too. Though that never stopped me trying. If you run away from trouble, it always follows.'
Rather my impression, too. Though that never stopped me trying.
Tanith Lee quotes: It had occurred to me I was not courageous, had never been brave, only arrogant or unthinking. It had occurred to me I was not courageous, had never been brave, only arrogant or unthinking.
Tanith Lee quotes: The guilty are always the most prone to establish complementary guilt, and the most unforgiving thereafter. The guilty are always the most prone to establish complementary guilt, and the most unforgiving thereafter.
Tanith Lee quotes: I felt angry and silly in that feather-itch dress. I felt alone. But one always is, I suppose. I felt angry and silly in that feather-itch dress. I felt alone. But one always is, I suppose.
Tanith Lee quotes: Don't ever," he said, "be afraid of me."But I was. He'd driven a silver nail through my heart. Don't ever," he said, "be afraid of me."
But I was. He'd driven a silver nail through my heart.
Tanith Lee quotes: I will draw you back to me. You shall see. By a chain of stars. I will draw you back to me. You shall see. By a chain of stars.
Tanith Lee quotes: And their days make no story for they were good and joyful and without event And their days make no story for they were good and joyful and without event
Tanith Lee quotes: I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps. I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps.
Tanith Lee quotes: Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these. Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.
Tanith Lee quotes: Dawn rose from the desert and turned the river to wine Dawn rose from the desert and turned the river to wine
Tanith Lee quotes: Living With The Dead Molly Brown I Living With The Dead Molly Brown I
Tanith Lee quotes: It was the forest's fault. Those two handsome woodcutters. An evil place, the forest, everyone knew it, full of temptations and imps ... It was the forest's fault. Those two handsome woodcutters. An evil place, the forest, everyone knew it, full of temptations and imps ...
Tanith Lee quotes: Madness. I did not get myself born to die. I have better things to do. Madness. I did not get myself born to die. I have better things to do.
Tanith Lee quotes: Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche. Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
Tanith Lee quotes: Tales of heroes end in bliss. Tales of heroes end in bliss.
Tanith Lee quotes: No man to lord, no child to hold. No man to lord, no child to hold.
Tanith Lee quotes: Danger and anger are everywhere. Love is the rarity, the gem buried in the core of the mine, the outpost of God. Danger and anger are everywhere. Love is the rarity, the gem buried in the core of the mine, the outpost of God.
Tanith Lee quotes: I began to feel lighthearted. Don't ever do that; it tempts some dark and evil force abroad in the universe. I began to feel lighthearted. Don't ever do that; it tempts some dark and evil force abroad in the universe.
Tanith Lee quotes: We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests. We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.
Tanith Lee quotes: I loved him, just for a minute. I loved him and I grieved for him and my pity was part of the beauty, before the shame began. I loved him, just for a minute. I loved him and I grieved for him and my pity was part of the beauty, before the shame began.
Tanith Lee quotes: Go nowhere on a horse that fades. Go nowhere on a horse that fades.
Tanith Lee quotes: Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away was what gave the wine its savor. Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away was what gave the wine its savor.
Tanith Lee quotes: Azhrarn, Lord of Terrors, terrified. Azhrarn, Lord of Terrors, terrified.
Tanith Lee quotes: I will pay you in trouble and terror. I will pay you in trouble and terror.
Tanith Lee quotes: It was so useful to lie with the truth. It was so useful to lie with the truth.
Tanith Lee quotes: I haven't changed. Something's happened to me, that's all. I haven't changed. Something's happened to me, that's all.
Tanith Lee quotes: I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped. I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.
Tanith Lee quotes: Condemned and executioner are not coupled in a primitive rite. Condemned and executioner are not coupled in a primitive rite.
Tanith Lee quotes: Yes, he was very dangerous, perhaps more dangerous than Vazkor, for his weapon was honesty. Yes, he was very dangerous, perhaps more dangerous than Vazkor, for his weapon was honesty.
Tanith Lee quotes: I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does? I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does?
Tanith Lee quotes: She was what an aristocrat should be, porcelain and silk, unreachable, gracious, untainted by the dust of all this common death. She was what an aristocrat should be, porcelain and silk, unreachable, gracious, untainted by the dust of all this common death.
Tanith Lee quotes: (Oscar) Wilde is surely one of the most erotic writers who ever lived. (Oscar) Wilde is surely one of the most erotic writers who ever lived.
Tanith Lee quotes: It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.
Tanith Lee quotes: There's a saying in High Egypt: The sky won't listen, so complain all you like. There's a saying in High Egypt: The sky won't listen, so complain all you like.
Tanith Lee quotes: The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar. The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.
Tanith Lee quotes: 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. 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.
Tanith Lee quotes: Hope is a punishable offense. The verdict is always death; one more death of the heart. Hope is a punishable offense. The verdict is always death; one more death of the heart.
Tanith Lee quotes: I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it. I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
Tanith Lee quotes: Hatred and jealousy must find a tongue; only the creatures which never feel those things have no need to talk. Hatred and jealousy must find a tongue; only the creatures which never feel those things have no need to talk.
Tanith Lee quotes: The Vazdru do not weep.""Who weeps? Not I.""Every word spoken was a tear. The Vazdru do not weep."
"Who weeps? Not I."
"Every word spoken was a tear.
Tanith Lee quotes: The kind of teacher who never learned anything herself. Or taught anything, except sarcasm or fear. The kind of teacher who never learned anything herself. Or taught anything, except sarcasm or fear.
Tanith Lee quotes: I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen. I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.
Tanith Lee quotes: As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm. As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
Tanith Lee quotes: Tanaquil gently toed the peeve. "I'll unfasten the window. Jump out to the lower roof and run." "Stay and bite," said the peeve. Tanaquil gently toed the peeve. "I'll unfasten the window. Jump out to the lower roof and run."
"Stay and bite," said the peeve.
Tanith Lee quotes: Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable. Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable.
Tanith Lee quotes: I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people. I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.
Tanith Lee quotes: It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence. It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence.
Tanith Lee quotes: I came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701. I came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701.
Tanith Lee quotes: Flat or round, there has always been hate in the world. Flat or round, there has always been hate in the world.
Tanith Lee quotes: The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis. The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
Tanith Lee quotes: He may harp in the Dark One's Hall and take no harm, who is a true harper. He may harp in the Dark One's Hall and take no harm, who is a true harper.
Tanith Lee quotes: Whatever the hell I am, I am Me. Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.
Tanith Lee quotes: She braced herself for the pain of the perfect horn breaking her heart. She braced herself for the pain of the perfect horn breaking her heart.
Tanith Lee quotes: Roilant caught himself, with exasperation, slipping into vacuous philosophy, a sure sign his opinion of life was at its very lowest. Roilant caught himself, with exasperation, slipping into vacuous philosophy, a sure sign his opinion of life was at its very lowest.
Tanith Lee quotes: Men are not the causers of history. History itself, by a pressure of events, causes men to resort to particular actions. Men are not the causers of history. History itself, by a pressure of events, causes men to resort to particular actions.
Tanith Lee quotes: What is any of this to us? Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it. What is any of this to us? Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it.
Tanith Lee quotes: No one is ever ordinary. No one is ever ordinary.
Tanith Lee quotes: Pirates have always fascinated me. Pirates have always fascinated me.
Tanith Lee quotes: It gets cold in the desert at night, particularly up in the mountains; the stars hammer on the rock and strike frost. It gets cold in the desert at night, particularly up in the mountains; the stars hammer on the rock and strike frost.
Tanith Lee quotes: The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits? The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits?
Tanith Lee quotes: The so-called Real World. Human misery and sadness. Blind politics and general cruelty. The so-called Real World. Human misery and sadness. Blind politics and general cruelty.
Tanith Lee quotes: It's lovely. I hate it. It's lovely. I hate it.
Tanith Lee quotes: Pale beauty stands aghast," he said, "at the vulgar ugliness of men. Pale beauty stands aghast," he said, "at the vulgar ugliness of men.
Tanith Lee quotes: We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do. We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do.
Tanith Lee quotes: The dictate of the light says: Know yourself and what you are. The dark replies, By all means, but then become afraid. The dictate of the light says: Know yourself and what you are. The dark replies, By all means, but then become afraid.

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