James Ison

“Under a sky the color of judgment”
― Ian McDonald, Time Was

“Normal is just the idea that whatever messed-up or otherwise insane things going on around you are acceptable to maintain whatever comforts you’ve cobbled together for yourself.”
― C. Robert Cargill, Day Zero

“The seed ye sow, another reaps; The wealth ye find, another keeps; The robes ye weave, another wears; The arms ye forge, another bears. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, ‘Song to the Men of England”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“The witch smiled in a fashion that was hard to read, having all the character of affection but coming from a face designed for nothing but malice.”
― Alexis Hall, The Affair of the Mysterious Letter