Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

by David Mitchell

The fact that everybody is convinced of something is no guarantee that it isn’t evil horseshit.

humanity always thinks it’s responsible for everything. We always reckon it’s about us. We love taking credit for things but, where no credit is available, we’ll settle for blame rather than entertaining the horrendously humbling notion that something, anything at all, might have nothing to do with us.