Mitch

“Things aren't what they used to be' is the rallying cry of small minds. When men say things used to be better, they invariably mean they were better for them, because they were young, and had all their hopes intact. The world is bound to look a darker place as you slide into the grave.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Best Served Cold

“Feed a man, cloth him, put him in a good house, and he will die of despair.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“I don’t expect life to make sense,’ he said after a few moments, ‘but it would certainly be pleasant if it would stop kicking us in the balls.”
― Scott Lynch, The Republic of Thieves