187 quotes found
“In our human imagination, we so often perceive our Heroes to be something larger than life. We exalt them in ways that do them a disservice....we convince ourselves that they are or were something ...”
“Maybe the wild ones weren't hyperactive; maybe they were misplaced heroes. After all, in another era, the same behavior that is now throttled with Ritalin and disciplinary rap sheets would have bee...”
“Theories are there. Heroes are here”
“Heroes rarely get to rest when they desire to.”
“Never say war insane at the moment for you to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.”
“Yes, I might have been quiet and shy, the kind of person who did my best to keep my head down just to get through the day. But even then, I had never let people walk all over me. Even in the days w...”
“You have heroes? No? what kind of feeling exist in you?”
“Praising heroes who slay monsters is a writers most ancient task.”
“Far to our left I could see a commercial airliner on final approach to Soekarno-Hatta. Far to our right I could see the outline of tall city buildings. The imagery was hard to ignore. In the midst ...”
“Who are your heroes?" asked Jo."Grandfather and Napoleon.”
“I like to read stories where heroes are actually heroes.”
“Name one hero who was happy.”
“Jill had, as you might say, quite fall in love with the Unicorn. She thought- and she wasn't far wrong- that he was the shiningest, delicatest, most graceful animal she had ever met; and he was so ...”
“Where there are villains, there will be heroes. Just wait. They will come.”
“Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.”
“... and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout: 'Save us!'. And I'll look down and whisper: 'No.”
“we sometimes think we need to look ahead for that herowhen the hero is a friend a family member or someone we just meteveryone has the potential to be that and admired and a respected soul .... tre...”
“No war is ever glorious. Heroes are usually dead. Besides, they rarely turn into heroes because they are super-humans, but because of circumstances.”
“If you need inspiration, look into the eyes of people as you walk by them. They are looking for a hero; that person may be you.”
“We are never the heroes of our own stories, unless we are lying. If we choose to count ourselves among the brave, we write ourselves as the villains we are, hoping for redemption.”
