“Dwelling beside a body of water is tonic for the weary psyche. Sea smells, sea birds, seawrack, sands—alternately cool, warm, moist and dry—a taste of brine and the presence of the rocking, slopping bluegraygreen spit-flecked waters, has the effect of rinsing the emotions, bathing the outlook, bleaching the conscience.”

—  Roger Zelazny , Isle of the Dead

Source: Isle of the Dead (1969), Chapter 5 (pp. 119-120)

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American speculative fiction writer 1937–1995

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