Quotes of Tanith Lee - somelinesforyou

“ The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that it cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even joy would become merely habit. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ I held out my book. It was precious to me, as were all the things I'd written; even where I despised their inadequacy there was not one I would disown. Each tore its way from my entrails. Each had shortened my life, killed me with its own special little death. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ The dictate of the light says: "Know yourself and what you are." The dark replies, "By all means, but then become afraid.". ”

- Tanith Lee

“ I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ No one is ever ordinary. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people. ”

- 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 intelligence of the so-called young. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ 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

“ 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

“ No one is ever ordinary. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ No one is ever ordinary. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ 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

“ I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote. 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

“ 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

“ Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ The dictate of the light says: "Know yourself and what you are." The dark replies, "By all means, but then become afraid.". ”

- Tanith Lee

“ For me, everyone I write of is real. I have little true say in what they want, what they do or end up as (or in). Their acts appall, enchant, disgust or astound me. Their ends fill me with retributive glee, or break my heart. I can only take credit (if I can even take credit for that) in reporting the scenario… ”

- Tanith Lee

“ The dictate of the light says: "Know yourself and what you are." The dark replies, "By all means, but then become afraid.". ”

- Tanith Lee

“ It was so useful to lie with the truth. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ For me, everyone I write of is real. I have little true say in what they want, what they do or end up as (or in). Their acts appall, enchant, disgust or astound me. Their ends fill me with retributive glee, or break my heart. I can only take credit (if I can even take credit for that) in reporting the scenario… ”

- Tanith Lee

“ Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote. 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

“ It was so useful to lie with the truth. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence. ”

- Tanith Lee

“ For me, everyone I write of is real. I have little true say in what they want, what they do or end up as (or in). Their acts appall, enchant, disgust or astound me. Their ends fill me with retributive glee, or break my heart. I can only take credit (if I can even take credit for that) in reporting the scenario… ”

- Tanith Lee

“ The dictate of the light says: "Know yourself and what you are." The dark replies, "By all means, but then become afraid.". ”

- Tanith Lee
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