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

by Joe Abercrombie

That’s the trouble with songs. They tend to stop before it all turns to shit.

It’s easy to scream about the fence when you’re on the wrong side of it. Some mad twist of fortune lands you on the right side, though, the fence starts to look like it might not be such a bad idea. Might even be worth all the sacrifices. Other people’s sacrifices aren’t that hard to make.

Maybe that’s when you know you’ve been in the bloody business too long, when tragedies start to feel like chores.