# Quote — Tanith Lee, Quest for the White Witch

> It is a phenomenon of such spots that any noise is encapsulated in this ringing stillness, and made strangely tiny, however loud. The shouts of bandits and the squeaks of fauna sound as if confined in bubbles, a symbol of their impermanence. Only the desert endures.

- Author: [Tanith Lee](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee.md)
- Book: [Quest for the White Witch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/quest-for-the-white-witch.md)
- Page: 234
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tanith_Lee#Quest_for_the_White_Witch_(1978)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/quest-for-the-white-witch/it-is-a-phenomenon

## More from this book

> The antithesis of myself. No fervor in him, no greed for life, only his ruthless craving to possess, which took no pleasure in possession.

p. 310 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/quest-for-the-white-witch/the-antithesis-of-myself.md)

> This much poison cannot pour in one’s ears without it will leave some trace.

p. 302 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/quest-for-the-white-witch/this-much-poison.md)

> I have seen women who thought they loved me look at me that way, and wolves which were hungry.

p. 144 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/quest-for-the-white-witch/i-have-seen.md)