Quotes from Roger Zelazny

I think he knows exactly what he is doing, and whether we like it or not, I think he is the only one who can deal with the present situation.

The shadows will not bear me away, for there are no Shadows here.

You drew me, in exquisite detail, on several packs of playing cards.

The blow fell upon Jasra's jaw, and I barely managed to free Frakir in time to keep from being dragged backward with her into Luke's waiting arms.

As you say, he had a way of drawing admissions from people.

I am Merlin the pent, son of Corwin the last, and my dream of light has been turned against me.

You know how subtle Brand can be, finding out things without seeming to be after them.

I hate to say it, boss, but anything I learn I pick up from your vibes. Ain't no one else around to teach me manners and like that.

Go ahead and smirk. These things are not always a mere function of time

I bowed and blew her a kiss as I stepped forward into Amber, leaving her to clutch at rainbows as I caught hold of Random's shoulder and staggered.

Troubled by dreams of werewolves and Sabbats, I slept, and the full moon rose above the world.

Mina olin tellinud lihtsalt hobuse. Et ma saaksin kaaslastega sammu pidada, selleks oleks kõlvanud iga vana heinahävitaja.

Yes, you are like Corwin," she said. "Crass, but perceptive.

I'll bare the basics, bridle the beast Unreason, and wrest from murky mystery the pearl of sweetest sense.

Who'd have thought the son of a bitch would reproduce?

And the Scythe of Time has no power in this corner of the heart.

Sequence and order, time and stress-they are most important in this matter. Allow me to savor the drama of the event in safe retrospect. I see me punctured and all of you gathered round. Ah! what I would not give to witness the tableau! Could you possibly describe for me the expression in each face?" "I'm afraid their faces were my least concern at the time.

That was the first time in my life that I knew the meaning of despair. I read, I worked, I drank, I whored, but came the morning after and I was always me, by myself.

I am not unmindful of your thought processes as you speak. I feel the pain in your side, twin to my own. Yes, I know these things and more.

Flora shook her head. I have decided that it is improbable that she will answer the door.

I spat sand so I would not choke when I laughed. Hell, we make our own what ifs. I had better things to do than what could have happened.

don't know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather like wanting to be an engineer, rather than wanting to design something — or wanting to be a writer, rather than wanting to write. It should be a by-product, not a thing in itself. Otherwise, it's just an ego trip.

She had very lovely hair. Blue eyes, too, and tons of vanity to keep everything in her favorite perspective. At times she seemed to behave quite stupidly, but then at other times I have wondered.

The waves move outward from Amber and this, too, may pass away-and me along with it.