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Tanith Lee Quotes

Tales of heroes end in bliss Picture Quote #1

You should visit before you pass judgment on a place Picture Quote #1

I tend not to analyse my work, though I’m frequently intrigued when other people take time to do so Picture Quote #1

What is any of this to us? Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it Picture Quote #1

Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away was what gave the wine its savor Picture Quote #1

Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these Picture Quote #1

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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 butterflies like winged blood Picture Quote #1

I simply write what I want, wish, long to write... The state of human life and the God or demon within. The constant internal war that being alive can conjure Picture Quote #1

It was the forest's fault. Those two handsome woodcutters. An evil place, the forest, everyone knew it, full of temptations and imps Picture Quote #1

The dictate of the light says: Know yourself and what you are. The dark replies, by all means, but then become afraid Picture Quote #1

We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests. And that’s where I put myself: as a storyteller. Not necessarily a high priestess, but certainly the storyteller. And I would love to be the storyteller of the tribe Picture Quote #1

Men are not the causers of history. History itself, by a pressure of events, causes men to resort to particular actions Picture Quote #1

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Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche Picture Quote #1

The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C. S. Lewis Picture Quote #1

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 to me Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it! Picture Quote #1

I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work Picture Quote #1

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does? Picture Quote #1

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault Picture Quote #1

I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women, beasts and demons Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm Picture Quote #1

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 sunk in some profound sleep devoid of wakening Picture Quote #1

Roilant caught himself, with exasperation, slipping into vacuous philosophy, a sure sign his opinion of life was at its very lowest Picture Quote #1

In the greater part of humankind there resides an instinct for survival. It is this which can clutch at straws and effect a rescue from them. It is this which can, now and then, outwit fate Picture Quote #1

At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer Picture Quote #1

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Tales of heroes end in bliss (Tanith Lee Quotes) You should visit before you pass judgment on a place (Tanith Lee Quotes) I tend not to analyse my work, though I’m frequently intrigued when other people take time to do so (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 (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 (Tanith Lee Quotes) Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these (Tanith Lee Quotes) 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 butterflies like winged blood (Tanith Lee Quotes) I simply write what I want, wish, long to write... The state of human life and the God or demon within. The constant internal war that being alive can conjure (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 (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 (Tanith Lee Quotes) We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests. And that’s where I put myself: as a storyteller. Not necessarily a high priestess, but certainly the storyteller. And I would love to be the storyteller of the tribe (Tanith Lee Quotes) Men are not the causers of history. History itself, by a pressure of events, causes men to resort to particular actions (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? (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 (Tanith Lee Quotes) 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 (Tanith Lee Quotes) Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche (Tanith Lee Quotes) The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C. S. Lewis (Tanith Lee Quotes) 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 to me (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 (Tanith Lee Quotes) I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it! (Tanith Lee Quotes) I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work (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? (Tanith Lee Quotes) I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault (Tanith Lee Quotes) I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women, beasts and demons (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 (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 (Tanith Lee Quotes) 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 sunk in some profound sleep devoid of wakening (Tanith Lee Quotes) Roilant caught himself, with exasperation, slipping into vacuous philosophy, a sure sign his opinion of life was at its very lowest (Tanith Lee Quotes) In the greater part of humankind there resides an instinct for survival. It is this which can clutch at straws and effect a rescue from them. It is this which can, now and then, outwit fate (Tanith Lee Quotes) At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer (Tanith Lee Quotes)

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