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At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer.
Tanith Lee
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Tanith Lee
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: September 19
Died: 2015
Died: May 24
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Esther Garber
Judas Garbah
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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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Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.
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The so-called Real World. Human misery and sadness. Blind politics and general cruelty.
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I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.
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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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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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I came up with a parallel Venice called Venus. set in a parallel Venice about 1701.
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Tales of heroes end in bliss.
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It was so useful to lie with the truth.
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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.
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When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything!
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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 all have our dreams. May we find them, and God have mercy on us when we do.
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He sat by her, watching every gesture she made, as if he would paint her portrait afterward.
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