--- title: "2 Unicorn Quotes By Tanith Lee" description: "2 Unicorn quotes by Tanith Lee. Plus more from Tanith Lee and more Unicorn sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/tanith-lee-3374_black-unicorn_she-braced-herself-for-the-pain-of-the-p_908381.jpg" --- > [“She braced herself for the pain of the perfect horn breaking her heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/she-braced-herself-for-the-pain-of-the-perfect-horn-breaking-her-heart/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/tanith-lee-3374_black-unicorn_she-braced-herself-for-the-pain-of-the-p_908381.jpg) > [There was no violence, no speed. It moved to the rhythm of an elder dance, putting all the rituals of the world to shame. Black, silver, gold and moon-opal, night and sea, fire, earth, air and water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/there-was-no-violence-no-speed-it-moved-to-the-rhythm-of-an-elder/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/tanith-lee-3374_air_there-was-no-violence-no-speed-it-moved_2786326.jpg) ## Other authors on Unicorn - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-s-beagle-75025.jpg) Peter S. Beagle 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unicorn/peter-s-beagle/) - [Sybrina Durant 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unicorn/sybrina-durant/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kiersten-white-57135.jpg) Kiersten White 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unicorn/kiersten-white/) - [Jarod Kintz 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unicorn/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lewis-carroll-60017.jpg) Lewis Carroll 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unicorn/lewis-carroll/) ## More by Tanith Lee > [No one more cynical than an idealist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/no-one-more-cynical-than-an-idealist/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/the-humble-were-the-elect-of-god-did-not-the-priests-teach-so-in/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [“Having told of so much beauty, how is it possible to tell of her? There are no words left on the earth in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/having-told-of-so-much-beauty-how-is-it-possible-to-tell-of-her-there/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/as-a-child-my-mother-told-me-lots-of-fairy-stories-many-her-own/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [“Often misunderstood, Dionysus is far more than a wine deity. He is the Breaker of Chains, who rescues not only the flesh but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/often-misunderstood-dionysus-is-far-more-than-a-wine-deity-he-is-the/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [In the usual way I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/in-the-usual-way-i-submitted-manuscripts-to-publishers-this-was-not/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/whatever-the-hell-i-am-i-am-me/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/if-they-had-said-my-writing-wasn-t-good-enough-fair-enough-that-s-an/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [“Louisa beheld the grounds and house with the calm pleasure of one who has seen nothing, been nowhere, expects everything, and has little imagination.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/louisa-beheld-the-grounds-and-house-with-the-calm-pleasure-of-one-who/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [“Live and let love. Love and let go. Go live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/live-and-let-love-love-and-let-go-go-live/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [Pirates have always fascinated me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/pirates-have-always-fascinated-me/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/all-the-scarabae-all-but-one-were-crowded-in-the-garden-they-watched/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [“She did this not out of fear of him, but out of pity. Because she had come to see the ultimate terrible truth behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/she-did-this-not-out-of-fear-of-him-but-out-of-pity-because-she-had/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/writing-is-writing-and-stories-are-stories-perhaps-the-only-true/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) > [“Tanaquil gently toed the peeve. "I'll unfasten the window. Jump out to the lower roof and run." "Stay and bite," said the peeve.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/tanaquil-gently-toed-the-peeve-i-ll-unfasten-the-window-jump-out-to/) [Tanith Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanith-lee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unicorn/tanith-lee/#itemlist", "name": "2 Unicorn Quotes By Tanith Lee", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She braced herself for the pain of the perfect horn breaking her heart.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tanith Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanith-lee/she-braced-herself-for-the-pain-of-the-perfect-horn-breaking-her-heart/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/tanith-lee-3374_black-unicorn_she-braced-herself-for-the-pain-of-the-p_908381.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/tanith-lee-3374_black-unicorn_she-braced-herself-for-the-pain-of-the-p_908381.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/tanith-lee-3374_black-unicorn_she-braced-herself-for-the-pain-of-the-p_908381.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She braced herself for the pain of the perfect horn breaking her heart.” — Tanith Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There was no violence, no speed. 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