"The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge……" — Tanith Lee
"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 joy would become merely habit."
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59 Quotes by Tanith Lee
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Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who…
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Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.
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I haven't changed. Something's happened to me, that's all.
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We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.
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Pirates have always fascinated me.
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I was reading some complex books in my own youth-and no, I didnt always understand every word, let alone every…
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Im a devotee of Dracula, which was a pathfinder in horror and vampire fiction.
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Im writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary,…
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When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!
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People are always the start for meanimals. When I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings,immortals, the deadthese are…
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the…
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