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To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, I wish I had known this some time ago.
Roger Zelazny
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Roger Zelazny
Age: 58 †
Born: 1937
Born: May 13
Died: 1995
Died: June 14
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Ohio
Roger Joseph Zelazny
Roger Joseph Christopher Zelazny
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I would never rest until I held vengeance and the throne within my hand, and good night sweet prince to anybody who stood between me and these things.
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There's really nothing quite like someone's wanting you dead to make you want to go on living.
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Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see.
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Time passed slowly, like and old man climbing a hill.
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When inspiration is silent reason tires quickly.
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If I get enough letters saying you never explained this or that, I suppose I'll have to write another book.
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