1969 Quote by Roger Zelazny

““Can life be counted upon to limit itself? No. It is the mindless striving of two to become infinity. Can death be counted upon to limit itself? Never. It is the equally mindless effort of zero to encompass infinity.””

Roger Zelazny

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