Tanith Lee Quotations | Page 2

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

It was so useful to lie with the truth.

I came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701.

I began to feel lighthearted. Don't ever do that; it tempts some dark and evil force abroad in the universe.

We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.

We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do.

Never be afraid of a cliché, if it expresses what you wish to say.

The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it.

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.