Authors — Quotes

Roger Zelazny Quotes: 7

I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows.
Nine Princes in Amber
I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.
Frost & Fire
Nobody steals books but your friends.
The Guns of Avalon
Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects.
Prince of Chaos
I watched the spinning stars, grateful, sad and proud, as only a man who has outlived his destiny and realizes he might yet forge himself another, can be.
Isle of the Dead
When inspiration is silent reason tires quickly.
Trumps of Doom
Then every man would be as a god, you see. The result of this, of course, would be that there would no longer be any gods, only men. We would give them knowledge of the sciences and the arts, which we possess, and in so doing we would destroy their simple faith and remove all basis for their hoping that things will be better—for the best way to destroy faith or hope is to let it be realized.
Lord of Light