Tanith Lee

“When the world knows beauty, evil is already born. When the world knows good, evil is already born. To be and not to be are born of each other.”

“It is simple to be happy but it is difficult to be simple.”

“God's a parent. Parents let their children fall.”

“Never be tempted by a world where you can't be yourself.”

“We are all fools, and we are all gods.”

“Humanity is a disease, a cancer on the body of the world.”

“To be beautiful is to be brutal.”

“What is magic? There is no such thing as magic. There is only life.”

“Anything can be real. Every imaginable thing is happening somewhere.”

“Love is a trap. It has to be. Otherwise, we would not fall for it.”

“The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it.”

“Though the fire and water tried to kill me, I have lived.”

“I had a calling to be a writer. I was created to be a writer. It's the only thing I can do.”

“A hero is a god in disguise.”

“Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see.”

“I have a library of stars. For here I am, in the domain of the dead, reading the lines of Yesterday’s sky.”