One of the uncovenanted benefits of living for a long time is that, having so many more dead than living friends, death can appear as a step backwards into the joyous past.
Storm JamesonWriters sometimes talk as though they were the only friends of civilization. This is their conceit. But they have special powers to serve -- or to corrupt -- civilization, and are obliged to use them.
Storm JamesonThere is a stage in any misery when the victim begins to find a deep satisfaction in it.
Storm Jamesoneach time that I have run away - and from a habit it quickly became an illness - I have betrayed someone. Myself, but not always only myself.
Storm Jameson