Promises are like silly jokes, told around a table when the food is good and no one has anything to lose by telling a lie or two – lies should have been a synonym for the word ‘promise’ in dictionaries, but only a few people knew it

Promises are like silly jokes, told around a table when the food is good and no one has anything to lose by telling a lie or two – lies should have been a synonym for the word ‘promise’ in dictionaries, but only a few people knew it (Cameron Jace, Jar of Hearts)