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People are always the start for meanimals. When I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings,immortals, the deadthese are all people to me.
Tanith Lee
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Tanith Lee
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: September 19
Died: 2015
Died: May 24
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Esther Garber
Judas Garbah
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People
Immortals
Supernatural
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No one more cynical than an idealist.
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How massively the mountains stand, while low to the ground the sand blows. The sand blows on and on. And then there are no mountains, none at all, the sand has kissed and whispered them away. And still, the sand blows on.
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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.
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The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it.
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Are not all loves secretly the same? A hundred flowers sprung from a single root.
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Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.
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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.
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When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!
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I came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701.
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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.
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I will draw you back to me. You shall see. By a chain of stars.
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Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.
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The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.
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The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits?
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We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.
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