Simon Mawer Quote

Grief and guilt. A powerful combination. Guilt like a liquid, a thin liquor, seeping everywhere, informing everything, saturating the whole-corrosive, like seawater, scented with the rich stench of ordure and corruption, and carrying with it hard, abrasive shards of grief.

The Gospel Of Judas (ed. Hachette UK, 2011) - ISBN: 9781405512640