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> ['Fire' does not matter, 'earth' and 'air' and 'water' do not matter. 'I' do not matter. No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words. The more words he remembers, the cleverer do his fellows esteem him. He looks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/fire-does-not-matter-earth-and-air-and-water-do-not-matter-i-do-not/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

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## More by Roger Zelazny

> [“I was willing to die fighting, but it was senseless for all these men to go down with me. Perhaps my blood was tainted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-was-willing-to-die-fighting-but-it-was-senseless-for-all-these-men/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-know-too-that-death-is-the-only-god-who-comes-when-you-call/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [There's no such thing as civilization. The word just means the art of living in cities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/there-s-no-such-thing-as-civilization-the-word-just-means-the-art-of/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [“Time, too, is a function of Shadow, and even Dworkin did not know all of its ins and outs. Or perhaps he did. Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/time-too-is-a-function-of-shadow-and-even-dworkin-did-not-know-all-of/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [I've always been impulsive. My thinking is usually pretty good, but I always seem to do it after I do my talking — by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-ve-always-been-impulsive-my-thinking-is-usually-pretty-good-but-i/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [“And again, damn. Of troubles I considered myself amply possessed. But those who have do seem to get. Some spiritual form of compound interest,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/and-again-damn-of-troubles-i-considered-myself-amply-possessed-but/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [“Far below, the ocean was a bluegray rug being pulled out from beneath us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/far-below-the-ocean-was-a-bluegray-rug-being-pulled-out-from-beneath/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [A powerful flight of the imagination . . . an entirely enjoyable reading experience, wrought by a pair of writers noted for excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/a-powerful-flight-of-the-imagination-an-entirely-enjoyable-reading/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/the-function-of-criticism-should-not-be-confused-with-the-function-of/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [I always wanted to write, ever since I was a kid. I started writing at the age of 11. All I wanted to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-always-wanted-to-write-ever-since-i-was-a-kid-i-started-writing-at/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/while-i-had-often-said-that-i-wanted-to-die-in-bed-what-i-really/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [“That was the first time in my life that I knew the meaning of despair. I read, I worked, I drank, I whored, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/that-was-the-first-time-in-my-life-that-i-knew-the-meaning-of-despair/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [“I watched until the sizzlecloud drew its legs up into itself, hung like a burning cocoon, then died like an ember retreating into ash.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-watched-until-the-sizzlecloud-drew-its-legs-up-into-itself-hung/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [To waste! You are unknown and unwanted, save by me. This, because you are fairly adept at the various embalming arts and you occasionally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/to-waste-you-are-unknown-and-unwanted-save-by-me-this-because-you-are/)

[Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/)

> [I watched the spinning stars, grateful, sad and proud, as only a man who has outlived his destiny and realizes he might yet forge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-watched-the-spinning-stars-grateful-sad-and-proud-as-only-a-man-who/)

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