--- title: "4 Mythology Quotes By Roger Zelazny" description: "4 Mythology quotes by Roger Zelazny. Plus more from Roger Zelazny and more Mythology sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/roger-zelazny-1604_comes_i-know-too-that-death-is-the-only-god-wh_59110.png" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/roger-zelazny-1604_comes_i-know-too-that-death-is-the-only-god-wh_59110.png) > [Death is the only god who comes when you call.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/death-is-the-only-god-who-comes-when-you-call/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/roger-zelazny-1604_comes_death-is-the-only-god-who-comes-when-you_760593.png) > [“A totally nondenominational prayer: Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/a-totally-nondenominational-prayer-insofar-as-i-may-be-heard-by/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b3/roger-zelazny-1604_agnostic_a-totally-nondenominational-prayer-insof_1295777.png) > [I worked out a book which I thought was just straight science fiction -- with everything pretty much explained, and suddenly I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-worked-out-a-book-which-i-thought-was-just-straight-science-fiction/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/roger-zelazny-1604_angle_i-worked-out-a-book-which-i-thought-was_2750660.png) ## Other authors on Mythology - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-campbell-53286.jpg) Joseph Campbell 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/joseph-campbell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/rick-riordan/) - [Priya Ardis 21 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/priya-ardis/) - [Nely Cab 19 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/nely-cab/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-blackwell-27242.jpg) Amanda Bouchet 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/amanda-bouchet/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-madeline-miller-62511.jpg) Madeline Miller 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/madeline-miller/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Charleston Parker 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/charleston-parker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-werner-herzog-94806.jpg) Werner Herzog 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/werner-herzog/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virgil-93863.jpg) Virgil 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/virgil/) - [Thea Harrison 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/thea-harrison/) - [Steve Sabol 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/steve-sabol/) ## 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/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mythology/roger-zelazny/#itemlist", "name": "4 Mythology Quotes By Roger Zelazny", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roger Zelazny" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-know-too-that-death-is-the-only-god-who-comes-when-you-call/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/roger-zelazny-1604_comes_i-know-too-that-death-is-the-only-god-wh_59110.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/roger-zelazny-1604_comes_i-know-too-that-death-is-the-only-god-wh_59110.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/roger-zelazny-1604_comes_i-know-too-that-death-is-the-only-god-wh_59110.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.” — Roger Zelazny", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Death is the only god who comes when you call.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roger Zelazny" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/death-is-the-only-god-who-comes-when-you-call/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/roger-zelazny-1604_comes_death-is-the-only-god-who-comes-when-you_760593.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/roger-zelazny-1604_comes_death-is-the-only-god-who-comes-when-you_760593.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/roger-zelazny-1604_comes_death-is-the-only-god-who-comes-when-you_760593.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Death is the only god who comes when you call.” — Roger Zelazny", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A totally nondenominational prayer: Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that I be forgiven for anything I may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness.  Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else may be required to insure any possible benefit for which I may be eligible after the destruction of my body, I ask that this, whatever it may be, be granted or withheld, as the case may be, in such a manner as to insure said benefit. 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