About Storm Constantine: Storm Constantine is a British science fiction and fantasy author, primarily known for her Wraeththu series.
There is a point when facing the unknown stops being a longed-for adventure and becomes a terrifying reality.
He had the compassion of a vivisectionist.
I felt as if something hung there in the back of my mind, waiting to tarnish whatever happiness I might find. Is it safer to be unhappy? Nothing ever wants to take that away.
The bloody times, the horror, will just be history to them, words on a page, so how will they dare to judge? Very easily, I should imagine.
I found it hateful, yet I wanted to be part of it.
Are you saying that he deserves to die?' I asked, chilled. 'We all deserve to die,' he answered.
Lift your head to me...’ His is the kiss of a timorous lover. Feel his inhuman lips on the throat, the heat of it. The bite, when it comes, is cold. Begin to sink as the blood flows into his mouth; it is almost soothing. No pain. No pain at all. Hi...
Being a child is such a shining gift, yet we don't know how precious it is until it's worn out and gone away.
The Gelaming regarded themselves as a force for good, and in many ways they were, but they were also inexorable and their compassion could often feel like oppression.
I have been writing now for over a week. I find it cleansing, refreshing; it is good for me.” (p.531)
