"His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he……" — Roger Zelazny
"His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god, but then he never claimed not to be a god."
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Roger Zelazny
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52 Quotes by Roger Zelazny
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