Eliset Quotes

“I have been clinging to a corpse, thinking I should lose it. Now it seems I am condemned not to. How ungrateful.”
― Tanith Lee, Cyrion

“It was apparent the mistress of the house was here in the person of the girl with the white hands. And it seemed she possessed authority, for one unruly youth had fled, the other two lay matronless, as if in abject fear, before her. When she spoke again, her young voice was like a thin knife.”
― Tanith Lee, Cyrion

“To confront the witch and her witchery, was, after all, turning out to be interesting.”
― Tanith Lee, Cyrion

“Every sweet thing I see reminds me of some other thing, which is bitter.”
― Tanith Lee, Cyrion