# Quote — Tanith Lee, Volkhavaar

> This sight was terrible, more terrible than words convey, for words are cowards as men are, and hide things as men do.

- Author: [Tanith Lee](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee.md)
- Book: [Volkhavaar](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/volkhavaar.md)
- Page: 133
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tanith_Lee#Volkhavaar_(1977)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/volkhavaar/this-sight-was

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> When a road is very dark it is hard to see the milestones on it.

p. 78 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/volkhavaar/when-a-road.md)

> Tonight it was to be a play for aristocrats to watch, concerning gods and shepherds; it was the humble villages that clamored for princesses and emperors.

p. 84 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/volkhavaar/tonight-it-was.md)

> They say the promise of a witch is like a plain woman, seldom remembered.

p. 100 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/volkhavaar/they-say-the.md)