“Be warned, therefore, that one does not go to hell to light a cigarette.”
Roger Zelazny livre This Immortal
Source: This Immortal (1965), p. 83
Roger Joseph Zelazny, né le 13 mai 1937 à Euclid dans l'Ohio et mort le 14 juin 1995 à Santa Fe au Nouveau-Mexique, est un auteur de romans fantastiques et de science-fiction. Il a obtenu durant sa carrière six prix Hugo et trois prix Nebula . Wikipedia
“Be warned, therefore, that one does not go to hell to light a cigarette.”
Roger Zelazny livre This Immortal
Source: This Immortal (1965), p. 83
As quoted in "Forever Amber" (October 1991) http://web.archive.org/web/20080212112534/http://zelazny.corrupt.net/amberever.html
Roger Zelazny livre Jack of Shadows
Source: Jack of Shadows (1971), Chapter 11 (p. 118)
Explaining the origins http://www.roger-zelazny.com/repository/absmag.html of his last book, A Night in the Lonesome October in an interview (Absolute Magnitude Autumn/Winter 1994)
“Nothing we did in those days has caused a change.”
Roger Zelazny livre This Immortal
“Because of what we did, things remained as they were, rather than getting worse,” I told him.
Source: This Immortal (1965), p. 131
Roger Zelazny livre Today We Choose Faces
Part 2, Chapter 9 (p. 147)
Today We Choose Faces (1973)
“There are circumstances under which the anomalous should be courted. Ignorance is one of them.”
Roger Zelazny livre Today We Choose Faces
Part 2, Chapter 7 (p. 123)
Today We Choose Faces (1973)
Roger Zelazny livre Roadmarks
“You’ve nothing to back it up with. Even if you’re right, I’m still right in not believing without evidence.”
Chapter 28 (p. 172)
Roadmarks (1979)
“Anyone who rushes toward an unknown peril simply to satisfy a desire for excitement is a fool.”
Roger Zelazny livre Today We Choose Faces
Part 2, Chapter 3 (p. 78)
Today We Choose Faces (1973)
“After signing it, he added the postscript: By the time you read this, you will already be dead.”
Roger Zelazny livre Roadmarks
Source: Roadmarks (1979), Chapter 27 (p. 162)
Roger Zelazny livre Today We Choose Faces
Part 2, Chapter 6 (p. 108)
Today We Choose Faces (1973)
“Then it is impossible to get an honest answer from you.”
Roger Zelazny livre Jack of Shadows
“If by ‘honest answer’ you mean for me to say what you want me to say, whether or not it is true, then I would say that you are correct.”
Source: Jack of Shadows (1971), Chapter 1 (p. 11)
“Some are born to obscurity and others only achieve it through diligent effort.”
A Museum Piece (p. 217)
Short fiction, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)
“I didn’t say anything because I didn’t have anything to say.”
The Moment of the Storm (p. 181)
Short fiction, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)
This Mortal Mountain (p. 135)
Short fiction, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)
The Keys to December (p. 68)
Short fiction, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)
Source: Short fiction, Home is the Hangman (1975), p. 149
Source: Short fiction, Home is the Hangman (1975), p. 138