# Quote — Tanith Lee, Night’s Sorceries

> On the threshold of the inner court, where the marriage was to be, priests made offerings at the household altars, to the gods, who, as always, paid no attention.

- Author: [Tanith Lee](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee.md)
- Book: [Night’s Sorceries](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/nights-sorceries.md)
- Page: 43
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tanith_Lee#Night's_Sorceries_(1987)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/nights-sorceries/on-the-threshold

## More from this book

> His creed, both cosmic and precise, had a flexible simplicity which, usually, was soon harnessed and complicated by his devotees, or those who had picked up some smattering.

p. 182 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/nights-sorceries/his-creed-both.md)

> “May the gods take note,” said he, “that it is my kind heart brought me to this predicament.” The gods, of course, did no such thing.

p. 62 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/nights-sorceries/may-the-gods.md)

> The demons had invented love. There needs to be said no more.

p. 76 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/nights-sorceries/the-demons-had.md)