179 Quotes by Tanith Lee

Condemned and executioner are not coupled in a primitive rite.

There was no violence, no speed. It moved to the rhythm of an elder dance, putting all the rituals of the world to shame. Black, silver, gold and moon-opal, night and sea, fire, earth, air and water.

I haven't changed. Something's happened to me, that's all.

Are not all loves secretly the same? A hundred flowers sprung from a single root.

A rose by any other name Would get the blame For being what it is-- The colour of a kiss, The shadow of a flame. A rose may earn another name, So call it love; So call it love I will, And love is like the sea, Which changes constantly, And yet is still The same.

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.

Go nowhere on a horse that fades, for your dreams will betray you.

If you run away from trouble, it always follows.' Rather my impression, too. Though that never stopped me trying.

Madness. I did not get myself born to die. I have better things to do.