Rob Blackwood
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If you’re not hurting you’re not riding hard enough. If you’re not hungry you’ve eaten too much. If you’re not cold you’re carrying too many clothes. If you know you will succeed it’s too easy.
“This "Not Today" attitude of yours is a cancer. Cancer of the character. It stunts your growth.”
― Black Swan Green
― Black Swan Green
“I have always had a great need for solitude. I require huge swathes of loneliness and when I do not have it, which has been the case for the last five years, my frustration can sometimes become almost panicked, or aggressive.”
― My Struggle: Book 1
― My Struggle: Book 1
“Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.”
― We Are the Ants
― We Are the Ants
“Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that.
You forget some things, dont you?
Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.”
― The Road
You forget some things, dont you?
Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.”
― The Road
“We may not get to choose how we die, but we can choose how we live.
The universe may forget us, but it doesn't matter. Because we are the ants, and we'll keep marching on.”
― We Are the Ants
The universe may forget us, but it doesn't matter. Because we are the ants, and we'll keep marching on.”
― We Are the Ants
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