I simply write what I want, wish, long to write. . . . The state of human life … - Tanith Lee

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The traditions of the dead generations weigh like a nightmare upon the living.

Tanith Lee

I simply write what I want, wish, long to write. . . . The state of human life and the god or demon within. The constant internal war that being alive can conjure.

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Men are not the causers of history. History itself, by a pressure of events, causes men to resort to particular actions.

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In the greater part of humankind there resides an instinct for survival. It is this which can clutch at straws and effect a rescue from them. It is this which can, now and then, outwit fate.

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Dawn rose from the desert and turned the river to wine.

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Oh, love. Love is best of all. There is no such total element, not even pain. Who has ever loved, knows this. I need not say more.

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We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests. And that's where I put myself: as a storyteller. Not necessarily a high priestess, but certainly the storyteller. And I would love to be the storyteller of the tribe.

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