The Last Entry (Fields of Lavender Intro)

Gallatheuan is a wizard who has given himself a unique quality through means unknown; he has become immortal. Long ago, when he had first obtained this status, he swore he would carry and write in a journal ("The Never-ending Journal") to catalogue his knowledge, wisdom and travels. Now, it only serves as a monument to what he interprets to be the curse of living forever.
This short-story is pulled from his last entry into "The Never-ending Journal", where he recounts the key passages from stories written very long ago in his work that stand out as having led to the decline of his happiness and the beginning of his unending existence.