A Quote by Roger Zelazny

No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.

Roger Zelazny

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Forgets Man Matters Reality Remembers Word Words

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Roger Zelazny
American - Writer
May 13, 1937 - June 14, 1995

'Fire' does not matter, 'earth' and 'air' and 'water' do not matter. 'I' do not matter. No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words. The more words he remembers, the cleverer do his fellows esteem him. He looks upon the great transformations of the world, but he does not see them as they were seen when man looked upon reality for the first time. Their names come to his lips and he smiles as he tastes them, thinking he knows them in the naming.

Roger Zelazny

What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them

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