“How can you treat death so lightly?" she asks.
"Because it happens," he replies. "It is inevitable. I do not mourn the falling of a leaf or the breaking of a wave. I do not sorrow for a shooting star as it burns itself up in the atmosphere. Why should I?”
― Creatures of Light and Darkness
"Because it happens," he replies. "It is inevitable. I do not mourn the falling of a leaf or the breaking of a wave. I do not sorrow for a shooting star as it burns itself up in the atmosphere. Why should I?”
― Creatures of Light and Darkness
“Which one is the right way?"
"Huh? You're asking me that? How should I know?"
"Mortals call you Buddha."
"That is only because they are afflicted with language and ignorance.”
― Lord of Light
"Huh? You're asking me that? How should I know?"
"Mortals call you Buddha."
"That is only because they are afflicted with language and ignorance.”
― Lord of Light
“Life is full of doors that don't open when you knock, equally spaced amid those that open when don't want them to.”
― Blood of Amber
― Blood of Amber
“The most difficult thing about Time, I have learned, is doing it.”
― The Guns of Avalon
― The Guns of Avalon
“Wishes, wishes.
Wish in one hand and do something else in the other, and squeeze them both and see which comes true”
― Nine Princes in Amber
Wish in one hand and do something else in the other, and squeeze them both and see which comes true”
― Nine Princes in Amber
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