James Ison

“At the smallest levels, the universe operates according to very different rules from those of the sensual world. There are contradictions and impossibilities, paradoxes and strangenesses, a Lewis Carroll logic; yet this is the most accurate description of how reality works.”
― Ian McDonald, Time Was

“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

“Well, it looks like you were dragged face first through the makeup aisle at the dollar store,”
― Matt Dinniman, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride