# Quote — Tanith Lee, Delusion’s Master

> The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that it cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even joy would become merely habit.

- Author: [Tanith Lee](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee.md)
- Book: [Delusion’s Master](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/delusions-master.md)
- Page: 159
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tanith_Lee#Delusion's_Master_(1981)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/delusions-master/the-bitterness-of-joy

## More from this book

> The stink of madness is unsubtle here. Let us be going.

p. 36 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/delusions-master/the-stink-of-madness.md)

> And some who were not elegant said: “He is too elegant to be honest.” And some who were not tall said: “He is too tall to be trusted,” and some who were intuitive shuddered, though they were not sure why.

p. 41 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/delusions-master/and-some-who.md)

> Human aspiration is often blind, its motto: I want, therefore I will have.

p. 115 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/delusions-master/human-aspiration-is-often.md)