Roland

“The problem with friends and family is that they know us as we are. They are invested in maintaining us as we are.”
― Steven Pressfield, Do the Work

“An amateur is defensive. The professional finds learning (and even, occasionally, being shown up) to be enjoyable; they like being challenged and humbled, and engage in education as an ongoing and endless process.”
― Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy

“To be brave among friends was nothing. To have the world against you and pick your path regardless–there is courage.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Red Country

“[Prisoners of war had] definitely more privileges. They could go anywhere in town they wanted; we could only go in the black section. And of course, as I said, on the train, they could ride in the back of the train or
anywhere on the train they wanted, but we had to get in the car right behind the coal car or the baggage car, whichever one was there. And buses, they sat in front and we sat in the back.”
― Melton A. McLaurin, The Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines