# Quote — Tanith Lee, Quest for the White Witch

> The plague came to be called Yellow Mantle. Men must name everything, as if, by giving it a name, they will decrease the nameless horror they experience.

- 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: 183
- 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/the-plague-came

## 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)