Tanith Lee was a hugely prolific author with over 90 novels and three, yes three hundred! Short stories to her name. Born in London on 19th September 1947 she worked as a waitress, a shop assistant, and an assistant librarian whilst attempting to find a publisher for her writing.
It took 10 years of hard work and determination before she finally found success in 1975 with her novel The Birthgrave which allowed her to write full time and give up doing “stupid and soul-killing jobs.”
Sadly she passed away on May 24th 2015 and to celebrate her literary life we have collected together 10 Out of this World Tanith Lee Quotes, we hope you enjoy them.
“Are not all loves secretly the same? A hundred flowers sprung from a single root.”
“Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.”
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“Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.”
“I’m not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I’m old, perhaps.”
“Flat or round, there has always been hate in the world.”
“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.”
“I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behaviour can distress you, even when it’s unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful.”
“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.”
“I haven’t changed. Something’s happened to me, that’s all.”
“We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do.”
If you enjoy Science Fiction, Fantasy or even the occasional dip into the Horror genre, then Tanith Lee is the author for you, with all of those titles available, she’ll keep you entertained for months.
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