The Courts of Chaos Quotes

“I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“Good-bye and hello, as always.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“And the man clad in black and silver with a silver rose upon him? He would like to think that he has learned something of trust, that he has washed his eyes in some clear spring, that he has polished an ideal or two. Never Mind. He may still be only a smart-mouthed meddler, skilled mainly in the minor art of survival, blind as ever the dungeons knew him to the finer shades of irony. Never mind, let it go, let it be. I may never be pleased with him.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“So I simply said one of the great trite truths: "There is generally more than one side to a story.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“I’ve been waiting for you since the beginning of Time, Corwin.”

“Must have been a bit tiresome.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“Ali gotovo uvijek idemo najkraćim putem, ravno, pa zaboravljamo da čovjek može napredovati čak i kad ide u krug.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“Yes,' it announced then. 'You are the one.'
'The one what?' I said.
'The one I will accompany. You've no objection to a bird of ill omen following you, have you, Corwin?' It chuckled then, and executed a little dance.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“Predosjećaji su se igrali lovice u dubinama moga uma, ali niti jedan od njih nije mi se sviđao dovoljno da bih ga poveo na ručak.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“All whose origins involve Chaos are shapeshifters,”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“Bleys, you are still a figure clad in light to me-valiant, exuberent, and rash. For the first my respect, for the second, my smile.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“I had run out of causes and was close as I ever might be to peace.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“I grasped after the ghost of a memory. It vanished.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“We were more alike than we were different, he and I.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“For a moment, I felt that I saw something of pity and a strong love reflected there-and perhaps a touch of humor.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“I saw my face in your own. It was strange. I wanted to know you better.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“No sense in looking for our differences when I had just met him.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“Sorry about the horse,” he said. “I was aiming at you.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“He was staring at me as he advanced, no special expression on that face so like my own.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“It would seem we have small chance but to be dutiful in the end.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“You have preserved your mystery. Rest in peace, if that be your will. I give you this withered rose I have borne through hell, casting it into the abyss. I leave you this rose and the twisted colors of the sky.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“You will have my old cell,” I said. “No, the one next to it.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“I still thought you might be behind the whole thing. You or Brand. I had it narrowed down that far. I thought it might even be the two of you together-especially with him struggling to bring you back.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“You ever kill yourself, Corwin?”

“Not recently. How’d you manage it?”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“The man in green was seated on a rock. His bow and quiver lay beside him on the ground. He flashed an evil smile in my direction.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“Do you honestly think I am going to let you die? I need you-as many of you as I can save.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“You are the only ones who can appreciate my triumph.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“You forgive me?” he said. “You, who left me in that tower, who put a knife into my side? Thank you, sister. It is very kind of you to forgive me, but excuse me if I decline.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“My children, I cannot say that I am entirely pleased with you, but I suppose this works both ways. Let it be. I leave you with my blessing, which is more than a formality.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“A few drops of hope fell upon my heart.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos

“Battle is not a game, and I had no desire to make myself available to any presumptuous ass who thought otherwise.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos