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Quote by Roger Zelazny

“It was my turn to be silent while a small family of moments crossed my path, single file, from the left, sticking their tongues out at me.”

Book:The Hand of Oberon

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The Hand of Oberon

In this fantasy novel, the protagonist encounters a mysterious hand, which leads them on a quest filled with intrigue and wonder. more

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Roger Zelazny

Roger Zelazny was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his unique literary style and rich imagination. His works spanned a wide range of genres from science fiction to fantasy, with his most famous series including 'The Chronicles of Amber' and 'Avalon'. Zelazny began his writing career in the 1950s, and his works have had a profound impact on science fiction and fantasy literature in the following generations. more

“Speech baffled my machine. Helen made all well-formed sentences. But they were hollow and stuffed--linguistic training bras. She sorted nouns from verbs, but, disembodied, she did not know the difference between thing and process, except as they functioned in clauses. Her predications were all shotgun weddings. Her ideas were as decorative as half-timber beams that bore no building load. She balked at metaphor. I felt the annoyance of her weighted vectors as they readjusted themselves, trying to accommodate my latest caprice. You're hungry enough to eat a horse. A word from a friend ties your stomach in knots. Embarrassment shrinks you, amazement strikes you dead. Wasn't the miracle enough? Why do humans need to say everything in speech's stockhouse except what they mean?”

Metaphor The Stuff Of Thought

Book:Galatea 2.2

Source: Galatea 2.2

“The warmth of company often fades with the glow of possessions. In absence, true connection reveals itself-or disappears”

Life Lessons

Author:Anari Anari

“She felt about a love set as a painter does about his masterpiece; each ace serve was a form of brushwork to her, and her fantastically accurate shot-placing was certainly a study in composition.”

Painting Metaphor Tennis Suzanne Lenglen

Book:Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939

Source: Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939

“Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits.”