The Trouble with Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)

by Joe Abercrombie

They say belief is righteous, but to Muslan only doubt was divine. From doubt flows curiosity, and knowledge, and progress. From belief flows only ignorance and decay.

Undertakers were great ones for persuading grieving folk to spend money they didn’t have. That way, debt could follow you even into the Land of the Dead.

Which is why I don't believe in funerals.