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Drinking Sapphire Wine

Tanith Lee
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“I see you laugh, and rightly so. What is this silly old fool rambling on about? Good for you. Never respect years, only deeds.”

Tanith Lee book Drinking Sapphire Wine

Part 3, Chapter 6 (p. 128)
Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977)

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“In the desert, initially, everywhere is like everywhere else—sky, sand, mountains. So far, this was the extent of what I’d seen in my involuntary roost. Then the day began to ebb, the world turned to topaz and gold, and the color of the sky seemed to sink away into the disc of the sun. I found I really could touch the beauty of it then, as I had touched its beauty so long ago when I was free to travel where I wished, and the city still owned me. Now, tinged with my sorrow, the loveliness was bittersweet, but strong as wine.”

Tanith Lee book Drinking Sapphire Wine

Part 2, Chapter 3 (pp. 69-70)
Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977)

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“Like most loners,” said Moddik, “you carry the seeds of violent authority. Loners need to be bossy. They quickly learn it’s the only method they have of shoving people off their backs.”

Tanith Lee book Drinking Sapphire Wine

Part 3, Chapter 8 (p. 137)
Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977)

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“Well now,” he said, “was I as good as you were when you were me?”

Tanith Lee book Drinking Sapphire Wine

Part 3, Chapter 11 (p. 152)
Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977)

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“It was, therefore, the sort of loveliness which is not perfect, but draws its charm from a measure of imbalance, which can accommodate flaws and make little of them, for a while at least.”

Tanith Lee book Drinking Sapphire Wine

Part 2, Chapter 1 (p. 60)
Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977)

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“Somewhere in me was a rod of steel to which I clung. I’d had a vision, as good as any vision given to any poet, sage, or prophet in the past. I wasn’t elated, I wasn’t confident even, but somehow, I knew, and with the end of doubt had come the death of despair.”

Tanith Lee book Drinking Sapphire Wine

Part 1, Chapter 10 (p. 57)
Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977)

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