The Boy from the Woods (Wilde, #1)

by Harlan Coben

Memory makes demands that you often can’t keep. Memory is faulty because it insists on filling in the blanks.

This was the way now for both sides—and yes, she even hated the phrase “both sides”—now: Discredit any legitimate argument with something, no matter how long ago or obscure, the person got wrong in the past. As if only perfection deserved your consideration.