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Roger Zelazny Quotes

Go and copulate with yon purple lizard Picture Quote #1

Why could you not have left me as I was, in the sea of being?Because the world has need of your humility, your piety, your great teaching and your Machiavellian scheming Picture Quote #1

Death is the only limit to the road you travel Picture Quote #1

Any man would be forsworn to gain a kingdom Picture Quote #1

Death is the only God that comes when you call Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t disappointed, inasmuch as I expected nothing Picture Quote #1

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I see myself as a novelist, period. I mean, the material I work with is what is classified as science fiction and fantasy, and I really don’t think about these things when I’m writing. I’m just thinking about telling a story and developing my characters Picture Quote #1

Good evening, Lord Corwin,’ said the lean, cadaverous figure who rested against a storage rack, smoking his pipe, grinning around it. Good evening, Roger. How are things in the nether world?’ A rat, a bat, a spider. Nothing much else astir. Peaceful.’ You enjoy this duty?’ He nodded. I am writing a philosophical romance shot through with elements of horror and morbidity. I work on those parts down here Picture Quote #1

One of my standard - and fairly true - responses to the question as to how story ideas come to me is that story ideas only come to me for short stories. With longer fiction, it is a character (or characters) coming to visit, and I am then obliged to collaborate with him/her/it/them in creating the story Picture Quote #1

At the end of the season of sorrows comes the time of rejoicing. Spring, like a well-oiled clock, noiselessly indicates this time Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Dwelling beside a body of water is tonic for the weary psyche. Sea smells, sea birds, seawrack, sands - alternately cool, warm, moist and dry - a taste of brine and the presence of the rocking, slopping bluegraygreen spit-flecked waters, has the effect of rinsing the emotions, bathing the outlook, bleaching the conscience Picture Quote #1

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There’s no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities Picture Quote #1

Once past the comfort zone in either direction, humans soon lost the ability to discriminate bad from worse Picture Quote #1

That’s life: trust and you’re betrayed; don’t trust and you betray yourself Picture Quote #1

Once a Buddha, always a Buddha, Sam. Dust off some of your old parables. You have about fifteen minutes.’ Sam held out his hand. Give me some tobacco and a paper Picture Quote #1

You are a fool to speak of last great battles ... for the last great battle is always the next one Picture Quote #1

You are a fool to speak of last great battles, Sam, for the last great battle is always the next one Picture Quote #1

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The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe Picture Quote #1

Death is mighty, and is no one’s friend Picture Quote #1

I’m a lost soul. We do wail Picture Quote #1

The dead are too much with us Picture Quote #1

... even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see Picture Quote #1

When inspiration is silent reason tires quickly Picture Quote #1

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There are none of you, good doctors, could cope with my family anyway Picture Quote #1

The power to hurt... has evolved in a direct relationship to technological advancement Picture Quote #1

Be warned, therefore, that one does not go to hell to light a cigarette Picture Quote #1

The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform Picture Quote #1

I enjoy slaughtering beasts, and I think of my relatives constantly Picture Quote #1

When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all Picture Quote #1

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Go and copulate with yon purple lizard (Roger Zelazny Quotes) Why could you not have left me as I was, in the sea of being?Because the world has need of your humility, your piety, your great teaching and your Machiavellian scheming. (Roger Zelazny Quotes) Death is the only limit to the road you travel (Roger Zelazny Quotes) Any man would be forsworn to gain a kingdom (Roger Zelazny Quotes) Death is the only God that comes when you call (Roger Zelazny Quotes) I wasn’t disappointed, inasmuch as I expected nothing (Roger Zelazny Quotes) I see myself as a novelist, period. I mean, the material I work with is what is classified as science fiction and fantasy, and I really don’t think about these things when I’m writing. I’m just thinking about telling a story and developing my characters (Roger Zelazny Quotes) Good evening, Lord Corwin,’ said the lean, cadaverous figure who rested against a storage rack, smoking his pipe, grinning around it. Good evening, Roger. How are things in the nether world?’ A rat, a bat, a spider. Nothing much else astir. Peaceful.’ You enjoy this duty?’ He nodded. I am writing a philosophical romance shot through with elements of horror and morbidity. I work on those parts down here (Roger Zelazny Quotes) One of my standard - and fairly true - responses to the question as to how story ideas come to me is that story ideas only come to me for short stories. With longer fiction, it is a character (or characters) coming to visit, and I am then obliged to collaborate with him/her/it/them in creating the story (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 (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 (Roger Zelazny Quotes) Dwelling beside a body of water is tonic for the weary psyche. Sea smells, sea birds, seawrack, sands - alternately cool, warm, moist and dry - a taste of brine and the presence of the rocking, slopping bluegraygreen spit-flecked waters, has the effect of rinsing the emotions, bathing the outlook, bleaching the conscience (Roger Zelazny Quotes) There’s no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities. (Roger Zelazny Quotes) Once past the comfort zone in either direction, humans soon lost the ability to discriminate bad from worse. (Roger Zelazny Quotes) That’s life: trust and you’re betrayed; don’t trust and you betray yourself (Roger Zelazny Quotes) Once a Buddha, always a Buddha, Sam. Dust off some of your old parables. You have about fifteen minutes.’ Sam held out his hand. Give me some tobacco and a paper. (Roger Zelazny Quotes) You are a fool to speak of last great battles ... for the last great battle is always the next one. (Roger Zelazny Quotes) You are a fool to speak of last great battles, Sam, for the last great battle is always the next one. (Roger Zelazny Quotes) The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe (Roger Zelazny Quotes) Death is mighty, and is no one’s friend (Roger Zelazny Quotes) I’m a lost soul. We do wail (Roger Zelazny Quotes) The dead are too much with us (Roger Zelazny Quotes) ... even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see (Roger Zelazny Quotes) When inspiration is silent reason tires quickly (Roger Zelazny Quotes) There are none of you, good doctors, could cope with my family anyway (Roger Zelazny Quotes) The power to hurt... has evolved in a direct relationship to technological advancement (Roger Zelazny Quotes) Be warned, therefore, that one does not go to hell to light a cigarette (Roger Zelazny Quotes) The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform (Roger Zelazny Quotes) I enjoy slaughtering beasts, and I think of my relatives constantly (Roger Zelazny Quotes) When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all (Roger Zelazny Quotes)

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