A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1)

by Joe Abercrombie

“Life is small discomforts, girl! They’re how you know you are alive.”

Quotes like this and "Death gives life purpose" like the Ancient One tells Bruce Banner in Endgame always provide me with perspective. Or as Miley says, it's not the mountain, it's the climb. Discomforts are unavoidable in real life. It's how we handle them that define us.