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c4e616f	But it is written that it is better to burn one city than to curse the darkness.	light	Roger Zelazny
f17eb3e	Being a god is the quality of being able to be yourself to such an extent that your passions correspond with the forces of the universe, so that		Roger Zelazny
e5c09ee	It is the difference between the unknown and the unknowable, between science and fantasy - it is a matter of essence. The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to the unknowable. The man who bows in that final direction is either a saint or a fool. I have n..		Roger Zelazny
1155dea	My mind spun for a second before it drifted, and in that second I knew that of all pleasures--a drink of cold water when you are thirsty, liquor when you are not, sex, a cigarette after many days without one--there is none of them can compare with sleep. Sleep is best. . . .		Roger Zelazny
c129415	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. Circumstances being what they were, neither admission could be of any benefit. Silence, though, could.		Roger Zelazny
8ba480a	When there is no real hope we must mint our own. If the coin be counterfeit it still may be passed.		Roger Zelazny
21355d6	Power is like money... You can usually get it if you're competent and it's the only thing you want in life.		Roger Zelazny
5d07071	Only a fool believes that life has but one meaning.		Roger Zelazny
6cdd8dd	Can life be counted upon to limit itself? No. It is the mindless striving of two to become infinity. Can death be counted upon to limit itself? Never. It is the equally mindless effort of zero to encompass infinity.	anubis zero-equals-two infinity life-and-death	Roger Zelazny
6e32e95	Yes,' it announced then. 'You are the one.' 'The one what?' I said. 'The one I will accompany. You've no objection to a bird of ill omen following you, have you, Corwin?' It chuckled then, and executed a little dance.		Roger Zelazny
2514787	A wave of grayness covered over the monastery. The breeze grew stronger, and the dance of the waters began upon the walls. Like a beaded curtain, the rain covered that open end of the porch at which they stared.		Roger Zelazny
86c0db0	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." He accepted the package, rolled himself a cigarette. "Light? ...Thanks."		Roger Zelazny
b268da0	It is said that the dead forget the dead in the house of Hades, Cassandra, but I hoped it was not so.	love hades	Roger Zelazny
8d9a87b	Death is the only god that comes when you call.		Roger Zelazny
0f737f7	I didn't say anything because I didn't have anything to say.		Roger Zelazny
ab8eab9	Some are born to obscurity and others only achieve it through diligent effort.		Roger Zelazny
88292bb	I decided that the devil finds work for idle hands and thanked him for his suggestion.		Roger Zelazny
6cee06b	The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform.		Roger Zelazny
44a7d6d	The power to hurt... has evolved in a direct relationship to technological advancement.		Roger Zelazny
55c4e9f	I wasn't disappointed, inasmuch as I expected nothing.		Roger Zelazny
1b59997	The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also.		Roger Zelazny
033dfb5	Be warned, therefore, that one does not go to hell to light a cigarette.		Roger Zelazny
a3b5d51	Symbols, by their very nature, conceal as well as indicate, damn them!		Roger Zelazny
23a6c5f	The dead are too much with us.		Roger Zelazny
3ecf6e7	The stars blazed like the love of God, cold and distant.		Roger Zelazny
33df79b	So do not speak to me of souls when you have never seen one, man.		Roger Zelazny
c624366	There are circumstances under which the anomalous should be courted. Ignorance is one of them.		Roger Zelazny
bcc77bb	Never trust a cat, anyway. All they're good for is stringing tennis racquets.		Roger Zelazny

But it is written that it is better to burn one city than to curse the darkness.

Roger Zelazny

f17eb3e

Being a god is the quality of being able to be yourself to such an extent that your passions correspond with the forces of the universe, so that

Roger Zelazny

e5c09ee

It is the difference between the unknown and the unknowable, between science and fantasy - it is a matter of essence. The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to the unknowable. The man who bows in that final direction is either a saint or a fool. I have n..

Roger Zelazny

1155dea

My mind spun for a second before it drifted, and in that second I knew that of all pleasures--a drink of cold water when you are thirsty, liquor when you are not, sex, a cigarette after many days without one--there is none of them can compare with sleep. Sleep is best. . . .

Roger Zelazny

c129415

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. Circumstances being what they were, neither admission could be of any benefit. Silence, though, could.

Roger Zelazny

8ba480a

When there is no real hope we must mint our own. If the coin be counterfeit it still may be passed.

Roger Zelazny

21355d6

Power is like money... You can usually get it if you're competent and it's the only thing you want in life.

Roger Zelazny

5d07071

Only a fool believes that life has but one meaning.

Roger Zelazny

6cdd8dd

Can life be counted upon to limit itself? No. It is the mindless striving of two to become infinity. Can death be counted upon to limit itself? Never. It is the equally mindless effort of zero to encompass infinity.

anubis zero-equals-two infinity life-and-death

Roger Zelazny

6e32e95

Yes,' it announced then. 'You are the one.' 'The one what?' I said. 'The one I will accompany. You've no objection to a bird of ill omen following you, have you, Corwin?' It chuckled then, and executed a little dance.

Roger Zelazny

2514787

A wave of grayness covered over the monastery. The breeze grew stronger, and the dance of the waters began upon the walls. Like a beaded curtain, the rain covered that open end of the porch at which they stared.

Roger Zelazny

86c0db0

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." He accepted the package, rolled himself a cigarette. "Light? ...Thanks."