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

“[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

“Senlin marveled at how adept the human race was at injecting a sense of routine into peculiar environments; it seemed a certainty that once people were added, the mundane was sure to follow.”
― Josiah Bancroft, Arm of the Sphinx

“Patience is as fearsome a weapon as rage. More so, in fact, ’cause fewer men have it.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes