The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales Quotes

“As she turned towards the door, Anna Medea’s black, slanting eyes had seemed to give off a peculiar flash, like those of some wild beast caught by a lamp in a thicket.”
― Tanith Lee, The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales

“There she stood, lissome and fearlessly alluring in a foreign, almost antique way-like something on a Greek vase-while he ranted.”
― Tanith Lee, The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales

“In my profession difficulties are not unheard of. They are there to be conquered.”
― Tanith Lee, The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales

“Between himself and Roger and Sibelle there existed a rather flawed, armed truce. He was, for the duration, master of the house. They knew better than to practice directly upon him. But he wondered now and then how long they would brook this state of affairs once they were older.”
― Tanith Lee, The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales

“His wife had a strange attitude towards the children. She liked them. He could only conclude they had in some way lied and misled her into this condition, or else that she had mesmerized herself into believing them lovable.”
― Tanith Lee, The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales

“The awful episodes that had marked the coming and going of the other governesses had been absent from the term of Anna Medea. Yes, that was her name. Most odd.”
― Tanith Lee, The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales