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

by Joe Abercrombie

When you tell a lie, you have to sound like you believe it. Goes double for the ones you tell yourself.

But that’s what growing up is, maybe. Realising what a fucking arse you’ve been.

You can’t choose what you remember. But you can choose what you do about it. Time comes … you got to let it all go.’ He smiled sadly down at the tabletop. ‘So you can go back to the mud without the baggage.’