Roland

“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

“So finally Jimmy stopped me and said to me, he says, Sarge, they wouldn't sell us any Coke. And I said, what do you mean they wouldn't sell you any Coke? He said no, there was a sign on the door and the sign said no Indians, Mexicans, niggers, or dogs allowed. And if you seen the hurt in the boy's eyes, and he just shook his head and never said anything and just walked on. The other two men never said anything to me. They just walked past with their heads down. And I remember when, well because Jimmy was killed on Iwo Jima.”
― Melton A. McLaurin, The Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines

“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

“A great leader must share the hardships of his followers, of his soldiers, of his subjects. That is how he wins their respect. Great leaders do not complain. Not ever.”
― Joe Abercrombie