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Quotes from The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories — Roger Zelazny

1937–1995 United States

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Some are born to obscurity and others only achieve it through diligent effort.

The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)

The days that followed were a game I enjoyed playing. Fake indecision is delicious when people want you to do something.

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 Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)

They’re here and we’re here, and they think we’re gods—maybe because we do nothing for them but make them miserable.

The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)

Two days, like icebergs—bleak, blank, half-melting, all frigid, mainly out of sight, and definitely a threat to peace of mind—drifted by and were good to put behind.

The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)

Such is the essence of valor: an unthinking moment, a spark along the spinal nerves, predetermined by the sum total of everything you have ever done, wished to do or not to do, and wish you had done, or hadn’t, and then comes the pain.

The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)

People never pay attention to weather reports; this, I believe, is a constant factor in man’s psychological makeup, stemming probably from an ancient tribal distrust of the shaman. You want them to be wrong. If they’re right, then they’re somehow superior, and this is even more uncomfortable than getting wet.

The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Roger Zelazny (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.