“Men could not have too much. Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
“Cremisia said, “No, Signore. In this we have misunderstood. Nothing is the absence of anything we may understand. It is invisible in… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
I held out my book. It was precious to me, as were all the things I'd written; even where I despised their… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
“Roilant caught himself, with exasperation, slipping into vacuous philosophy, a sure sign his opinion of life was at its very lowest.” — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
I simply write what I want, wish, long to write.... The state of human life and the god or demon within. The… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
“All I can offer is this (without a single remembrance or image, or even incoherent wisp of correspondence), even so I knew,… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
“Everything now had been taken from him, his striving after goodness, his hopes, his pride, even that human revenge upon fate--to destroy… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits? — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
“Having told of so much beauty, how is it possible to tell of her? There are no words left on the earth in any… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm. — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
“Often misunderstood, Dionysus is far more than a wine deity. He is the Breaker of Chains, who rescues not only the flesh but the… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
In the usual way I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“All the Scarabae—all but one—were crowded in the garden. They watched her. Their grim old faces gave away nothing. Like elderly kiddies at a… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
