# Quote — Tanith Lee, The Castle of Dark

> Lir chiseled at the stone. It would take a month to make a perceptible impression on it. He had a few hours. Work harder, then.

- Author: [Tanith Lee](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee.md)
- Book: [The Castle of Dark](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/the-castle-of-dark.md)
- Page: 119
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> She had never acquired in-between shades of character, had not had the opportunity. She had been utterly selfish, and was now selfless, because she had never become a whole person, did not like herself, or know herself. Nor had she ever gained sufficient wisdom to be properly horrified at what she meant to do. She couldn’t think that intensely.

p. 161 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/the-castle-of-dark/she-had-never.md)

> Resist. Come, you’re tough enough, my lady, aren’t you, if you beg for death rather than inflict evil?

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> “What’s Hell?” inquired Wild-Eye. “You should visit before you pass judgement on a place. And have you never heard it said, the Dark One is a gentleman?”

p. 139 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/the-castle-of-dark/whats-hell-inquired.md)