“...And I have seen stranger things in a long and colorful career. Exactly. So what is the problem in believing my story?”

—  Roger Zelazny , book 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)

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