All Tanith Lee Quotes
- A rose by any other name Would get the blame For being what it is-- The colour of a kiss, The shadow of a flame.… Another Name
- She looked, and a scarlet butterfly flew away from her, away down the length of the tower, and then another, another, an unraveling scarf of… Another Another
- Go nowhere on a horse that fades, for your dreams will betray you. Betray
- If you run away from trouble, it always follows.' Rather my impression, too. Though that never stopped me trying. Always Follows
- Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these. Both
- What is any of this to us? Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it. Any
- The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that is cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even… Become Merely
- We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do. All
- It's lovely. I hate it. Hate
- Madness. I did not get myself born to die. I have better things to do. Better
- I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your… Behavior
- He sat by her, watching every gesture she made, as if he would paint her portrait afterward. Afterward
- It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence. Apathy
- She could not mourn. She could no longer weep grasping the essence of annihilation, she wished only to cease, to be no more, as if… Annihilation
- I will draw you back to me. You shall see. By a chain of stars. Chain
- The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it. Flesh
- I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps. Alive
- People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings, immortals, the dead... these are all people… All
- Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure? Fiction