Roger Zelazny
Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelaznywas an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber. He won the Nebula award three timesand the Hugo award six times, including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ...And Call Me Conradand then the novel Lord of Light...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth13 May 1937
CountryUnited States of America
gang home ladies mean obstacle rest
I sometimes think of us as a gang of mean little old ladies in a combination rest home and obstacle course.
want goes-on wanting-you
There's really nothing quite like someone's wanting you dead to make you want to go on living.
atman followers said
His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god, but then he never claimed not to be a god.
dream light burning
Death and Light are everywhere, always, and they begin, end, strive, attend, into and upon the Dream of the Nameless that is the world, burning words within Samsara, perhaps to create a thing of beauty.
soul lost lost-souls
I'm a lost soul. We do wail.
wall enemy important
The enemy of the moment is not as important as our own inner weakness. If this is not mended we are already defeated, though no foreign conqueror stands within our walls.
success doors want
Life is full of doors that don't open when you knock, equally spaced amid those that open when you don't want them to.
heart arrows broken
When your bow is broken and your last arrow spent, then shoot, shoot with your whole heart.
illusion
The death of an illusion tends to disconcert.
limits
Death is the only limit to the road you travel.
cousin thinking beast
I enjoy slaughtering beasts, and I think of my relatives constantly.
mirrors wish shows
...even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see.
friendship
Death is mighty, and is no one's friend.
battle lasts next
You are a fool to speak of last great battles ... for the last great battle is always the next one.