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

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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I will draw you back to me. You shall see. By a chain of stars.
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Danger and anger are everywhere. Love is the rarity, the gem buried in the core of the mine, the outpost of God.
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I came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701.
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Are not all loves secretly the same? A hundred flowers sprung from a single root.
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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.
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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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We all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do.
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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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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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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.
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If I ever get to 100, I'd want to be filled with wonder and wild, adolescent, wide-eyed interest in newness. So let's keep the flame burning. Let's stop thinking everyone over 29, or 49, has to be reinforced by concrete.
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It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence.
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Your dreams will betray you. Go nowhere on a horse that fades.
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I haven't changed. Something's happened to me, that's all.
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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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Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.
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We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.
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You should visit before you pass judgment on a place.
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Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.
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