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Roger Zelazny quotes: If I get enough letters saying you never explained this or that, I suppose I'll have to write another book. If I get enough letters saying you never explained this or that, I suppose I'll have to write another book.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Only friends steal books. Only friends steal books.
Roger Zelazny quotes: There are none of you, good doctors, could cope with my family anyway. There are none of you, good doctors, could cope with my family anyway.
Roger Zelazny quotes: The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform. The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform.
Roger Zelazny quotes: It is anticipation and recollection that fill the heart - never the sensation of the moment. It is anticipation and recollection that fill the heart - never the sensation of the moment.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Siddhartha considered the ways of the demon, and in that moment he struck. Siddhartha considered the ways of the demon, and in that moment he struck.
Roger Zelazny quotes: In the State of Denmark there was the odor of decay ... In the State of Denmark there was the odor of decay ...
Roger Zelazny quotes: No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words. No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.
Roger Zelazny quotes: When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all. When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all.
Roger Zelazny quotes: The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also. The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also.
Roger Zelazny quotes: While sex heads a great number of lists, we all have other things we like to do in between. While sex heads a great number of lists, we all have other things we like to do in between.
Roger Zelazny quotes: I loved him like a brother - which is to say, not at all. I loved him like a brother - which is to say, not at all.
Roger Zelazny quotes: We fought.''A duel?''Nothing that formal. A simultaneous decision to murder one another is more like it. We fought.'
'A duel?'
'Nothing that formal. A simultaneous decision to murder one another is more like it.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Any man would be forsworn to gain a kingdom. Any man would be forsworn to gain a kingdom.
Roger Zelazny quotes: I enjoy slaughtering beasts, and I think of my relatives constantly. I enjoy slaughtering beasts, and I think of my relatives constantly.
Roger Zelazny quotes: The most difficult thing about Time, I have learned, is doing it. The most difficult thing about Time, I have learned, is doing it.
Roger Zelazny quotes: We talked the moon out of heavens before either of us grew tired. We talked the moon out of heavens before either of us grew tired.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Nothing is cheaper than past glories. Nothing is cheaper than past glories.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Death is the only limit to the road you travel. Death is the only limit to the road you travel.
Roger Zelazny quotes: That's life: trust and you're betrayed; don't trust and you betray yourself. That's life: trust and you're betrayed; don't trust and you betray yourself.
Roger Zelazny quotes: P.S. I still dunno if it's art. Go to Hell yourself. P.S. I still dunno if it's art. Go to Hell yourself.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Then you must reconcile yourself to the fact that something is always hurt by any change. If you do this, you will not be hurt yourself. Then you must reconcile yourself to the fact that something is always hurt by any change. If you do this, you will not be hurt yourself.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Good-bye and hello, as always. Good-bye and hello, as always.
Roger Zelazny quotes: And sweets to the sweet, I replied, then spoke the word that completed the spell, dropping a load of manure upon him. And sweets to the sweet, I replied, then spoke the word that completed the spell, dropping a load of manure upon him.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Beware the meek ... for we shall attempt to inherit the Earth. Beware the meek ... for we shall attempt to inherit the Earth.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Wishes, wishes.Wish in one hand and do something else in the other, and squeeze them both and see which comes true Wishes, wishes.
Wish in one hand and do something else in the other, and squeeze them both and see which comes true
Roger Zelazny quotes: The power to hurt ... has evolved in a direct relationship to technological advancement. The power to hurt ... has evolved in a direct relationship to technological advancement.
Roger Zelazny quotes: I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences. I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences.
Roger Zelazny quotes: The death of an illusion tends to disconcert. The death of an illusion tends to disconcert.
Roger Zelazny quotes: When your bow is broken and your last arrow spent, then shoot, shootwith your whole heart. When your bow is broken and your last arrow spent, then shoot, shoot
with your whole heart.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see. Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see.
Roger Zelazny quotes: You are a fool to speak of last great battles, Sam, for the last great battle is always the next one. You are a fool to speak of last great battles, Sam, for the last great battle is always the next one.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Hell, we make our own ifs. I had better things to think about than what could have happened Hell, we make our own ifs. I had better things to think about than what could have happened
Roger Zelazny quotes: If someone asks you why you're oppressing a world and you reply with a lot of poetic crap, no. I guess there can't be a meeting of minds. If someone asks you why you're oppressing a world and you reply with a lot of poetic crap, no. I guess there can't be a meeting of minds.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Thus did I bear Sir Lancelot de Lac to the Keep of Ganleon, whom I trusted like a brother. That is to say, not at all. Thus did I bear Sir Lancelot de Lac to the Keep of Ganleon, whom I trusted like a brother. That is to say, not at all.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Time, too, is a function of Shadow, and even Dworkin did not know all of its ins and outs. Or perhaps he did. Maybe that is what drove him mad. Time, too, is a function of Shadow, and even Dworkin did not know all of its ins and outs. Or perhaps he did. Maybe that is what drove him mad.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Time passed slowly, like and old man climbing a hill. Time passed slowly, like and old man climbing a hill.
Roger Zelazny quotes: It is no shame to lose to me, mortal. Even among mythical creatures there are very few who can give a unicorn a good game. It is no shame to lose to me, mortal. Even among mythical creatures there are very few who can give a unicorn a good game.
Roger Zelazny quotes: It is a pain in the ass waiting around for someone to try to kill you. It is a pain in the ass waiting around for someone to try to kill you.
Roger Zelazny quotes: If the liberal arts do nothing else, they provide engaging metaphors for the thinking they displace. If the liberal arts do nothing else, they provide engaging metaphors for the thinking they displace.
Roger Zelazny quotes: There's really nothing quite like someone's wanting you dead to make you want to go on living. There's really nothing quite like someone's wanting you dead to make you want to go on living.
Roger Zelazny quotes: ...And call me Conrad! ...And call me Conrad!
Roger Zelazny quotes: Many of my better short stories are just the last chapters of novels I did not write. Many of my better short stories are just the last chapters of novels I did not write.
Roger Zelazny quotes: So I simply said one of the great trite truths: There is generally more than one side to a story. So I simply said one of the great trite truths: There is generally more than one side to a story.
Roger Zelazny quotes: All roads lead to Amber, he said, as though it were an axiom. All roads lead to Amber, he said, as though it were an axiom.
Roger Zelazny quotes: The headwaters of Shit Creek are a cruel and treacherous expanse. The headwaters of Shit Creek are a cruel and treacherous expanse.
Roger Zelazny quotes: The dead are too much with us. The dead are too much with us.
Roger Zelazny quotes: One of the disadvantages of traveling alone is that when you fall there is none to assist you. One of the disadvantages of traveling alone is that when you fall there is none to assist you.
Roger Zelazny quotes: I believe everything I say, though I know I'm a liar. I believe everything I say, though I know I'm a liar.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Vishnu Vishnu Vishnu regarded regarded regarded Brahma Brahma Brahma ... They sat in the Hall of Mirrors. Vishnu Vishnu Vishnu regarded regarded regarded Brahma Brahma Brahma ...
They sat in the Hall of Mirrors.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Before you are fully aware of anything else, you are aware whether you are awakening in your own bed. Before you are fully aware of anything else, you are aware whether you are awakening in your own bed.
Roger Zelazny quotes: I would never rest until I held vengeance and the throne within my hand, and good night sweet prince to anybody who stood between me and these things. I would never rest until I held vengeance and the throne within my hand, and good night sweet prince to anybody who stood between me and these things.
Roger Zelazny quotes: My favorite form is the short story. From an aesthetics stand point you really have to pare down to the bone. You can't write a throw-away scene. My favorite form is the short story. From an aesthetics stand point you really have to pare down to the bone. You can't write a throw-away scene.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Between the black of yesterday and the white of tomorrow is the great gray of today. Between the black of yesterday and the white of tomorrow is the great gray of today.
Roger Zelazny quotes: At the end of the season of sorrows comes the time of rejoicing. Spring, like a well-oiled clock, noiselessly indicates this time. At the end of the season of sorrows comes the time of rejoicing. Spring, like a well-oiled clock, noiselessly indicates this time.
Roger Zelazny quotes: I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them. I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Personal feelings don't make for good politics, legal decisions, or business deals. Personal feelings don't make for good politics, legal decisions, or business deals.
Roger Zelazny quotes: When I said I wanted to die in my sleep, I meant I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love. When I said I wanted to die in my sleep, I meant I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.
Roger Zelazny quotes: The stars blazed like the love of God, cold and distant. The stars blazed like the love of God, cold and distant.
Roger Zelazny quotes: What should I do?' Coyote yelled.'Cultivate philosophy and run like hell,' said Bear ... What should I do?' Coyote yelled.
'Cultivate philosophy and run like hell,' said Bear ...
Roger Zelazny quotes: I have decided, it is fruitless. For I am no longer sure of anything concerning my existance. A philosopher is a dead poet and a dying theologian. I have decided, it is fruitless. For I am no longer sure of anything concerning my existance. A philosopher is a dead poet and a dying theologian.
Roger Zelazny quotes: We crossed a small but sturdy wooden bridge a little later, but no trolls were taking tolls. We crossed a small but sturdy wooden bridge a little later, but no trolls were taking tolls.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Wheels turning, the motorcycle's roar grows steady, which, too, is a form of silence. Wheels turning, the motorcycle's roar grows steady, which, too, is a form of silence.
Roger Zelazny quotes: You are of that tribe with your feet in hell and your head in heaven. You are of that tribe with your feet in hell and your head in heaven.
Roger Zelazny quotes: It was my turn to be silent while a small family of moments crossed my path, single file, from the left, sticking their tongues out at me. It was my turn to be silent while a small family of moments crossed my path, single file, from the left, sticking their tongues out at me.
Roger Zelazny quotes: And again, damn. Of troubles I considered myself amply possessed. But those who do seem to get. Some spiritual form of compound interest, I suppose. And again, damn. Of troubles I considered myself amply possessed. But those who do seem to get. Some spiritual form of compound interest, I suppose.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects. Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects.
Roger Zelazny quotes: You are a deviant from the social norm!""Is that an insult or a diagnosis? You are a deviant from the social norm!"
"Is that an insult or a diagnosis?
Roger Zelazny quotes: Of all my relations, I like sex the best and Eric the least. Of all my relations, I like sex the best and Eric the least.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Even the most heartening of philosophical vistas is no match for, say, a toothache, if it happens to be your own. Even the most heartening of philosophical vistas is no match for, say, a toothache, if it happens to be your own.
Roger Zelazny quotes: The day of battle dawned pink as the fresh-bitten thigh of a maiden. The day of battle dawned pink as the fresh-bitten thigh of a maiden.
Roger Zelazny quotes: You leap too quickly to his defense. It reveals his true attitude, of which he has doubtless made you aware. You leap too quickly to his defense. It reveals his true attitude, of which he has doubtless made you aware.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Once past the comfort zone in either direction, humans soon lost the ability to discriminate bad from worse. Once past the comfort zone in either direction, humans soon lost the ability to discriminate bad from worse.
Roger Zelazny quotes: I'm very gullible when it comes to my own words. I believe everything I say, though I know I am a liar. I'm very gullible when it comes to my own words. I believe everything I say, though I know I am a liar.
Roger Zelazny quotes: To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, I wish I had known this some time ago. To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, I wish I had known this some time ago.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Do you work for the government, any government?""I pay taxes, which means I work for the government, part of the time. Yes. Do you work for the government, any government?"
"I pay taxes, which means I work for the government, part of the time. Yes.
Roger Zelazny quotes: I wonder as to the value of consciousness," said Jack, "if it does not change the nature of a beast. I wonder as to the value of consciousness," said Jack, "if it does not change the nature of a beast.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Trouble can be purchased cheaply, though the refund may be more than you can bear. Trouble can be purchased cheaply, though the refund may be more than you can bear.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Besides, I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. Besides, I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me.
Roger Zelazny quotes: There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities. There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Once a Buddha, always a Buddha. Once a Buddha, always a Buddha.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Nothing we did in those days has caused a change." "Because of what we did, things remained as they were, rather than getting worse," I told him. Nothing we did in those days has caused a change." "Because of what we did, things remained as they were, rather than getting worse," I told him.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Nobody steals books but your friends. Nobody steals books but your friends.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Of course it does not apply to me. I am the soul of honor, kindness, mercy and goodness. Trust me in all things. Of course it does not apply to me. I am the soul of honor, kindness, mercy and goodness. Trust me in all things.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Go and copulate with yon purple lizard. Go and copulate with yon purple lizard.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Let there be an end to thought. Thus do I refute Descartes.' I sprawled, not a cogito or a sum to my name. Let there be an end to thought. Thus do I refute Descartes.' I sprawled, not a cogito or a sum to my name.
Roger Zelazny quotes: I have always found that hell is other people. I have always found that hell is other people.
Roger Zelazny quotes: I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call. I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Ill met by moonlight,' said Deirdre.'You could still be tied to a stake,' said Random, and she did not reply. Ill met by moonlight,' said Deirdre.
'You could still be tied to a stake,' said Random, and she did not reply.
Roger Zelazny quotes: When inspiration is silent reason tires quickly. When inspiration is silent reason tires quickly.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Be warned, therefore, that one does not go to hell to light a cigarette. Be warned, therefore, that one does not go to hell to light a cigarette.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Life is full of doors that don't open when you knock, equally spaced amid those that open when don't want them to. Life is full of doors that don't open when you knock, equally spaced amid those that open when don't want them to.
Roger Zelazny quotes: The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe. The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe.
Roger Zelazny quotes: While it shows the gods as no better than the rest of us," she said, "at least, it shows them as no worse. See here the sources of human morality. While it shows the gods as no better than the rest of us," she said, "at least, it shows them as no worse. See here the sources of human morality.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Two versions of the same face looking into blank screens, two very different minds thinking of things unsaid. Sometimes love is in silence. Two versions of the same face looking into blank screens, two very different minds thinking of things unsaid. Sometimes love is in silence.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Then the fit hit the Shan. Then the fit hit the Shan.
Roger Zelazny quotes: A powerful flight of the imagination ... an entirely enjoyable reading experience, wrought by a pair of writers noted for excellence. A powerful flight of the imagination ... an entirely enjoyable reading experience, wrought by a pair of writers noted for excellence.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Death is mighty, and is no one's friend. Death is mighty, and is no one's friend.
Roger Zelazny quotes: I'm a lost soul. We do wail. I'm a lost soul. We do wail.
Roger Zelazny quotes: Love is a negative form of hatred. Love is a negative form of hatred.

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