# Quote — Tanith Lee, Delirium’s Mistress

> So in the end she dwelled alone, surrounded by everything a third of the world could bring her, and played at appalling sorceries, while, in her sprawling Goddessdom, men did incredible mindless evils, each in her name.
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> For herself, she had done directly very little evil. And what she had done, mostly, at Azhrarn’s incentive, was her duty. For the rest, accepting her as a goddess of wickedness and carelessness, men let loose all the rubbish in themselves for her sake.

- Author: [Tanith Lee](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee.md)
- Book: [Delirium’s Mistress](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/deliriums-mistress.md)
- Page: 203
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/deliriums-mistress/so-in-the

## More from this book

> Fashions change. Even in mythology.

p. 375 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/deliriums-mistress/fashions-change-even.md)

> “I rule none of it,” called Atmeh to heaven. “Listen to me, you peerless soulless gods, I rule nothing and no one, and soon, soon I will outshine you, for I will be a mortal. And one day, as you never can, I and mine shall inherit the earth.”

p. 392 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/deliriums-mistress/i-rule-none.md)

> And Chuz lowered his eyes, his matchless eyes. He, magnificent, a Lord of Darkness, held in his arms now a mortal woman. As Azhrarn had discovered, that was like clasping the tides of the sea, the winds of heaven. How massively the mountains stand, while low to the ground the sand blows. The sand blows on and on. And then there are no mountains, none at all, the sand has kissed and whispered them away. And still, the sand blows on.

p. 406 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/deliriums-mistress/and-chuz-lowered.md)