“Not every girl can be Isabelle Lightwood or Katniss Everdeen. I think the true measure of a hero is what a person does with what they have, how hard they are willing to fight, and how far they are willing to go to set things right.”
Source: Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader
“The problem with heroes and villains is that it’s not always easy to tell which is which. Particularly when you are one.”
Source: Omega Rising
“Stupid men, always thinking they're the ones who get to do the rescuing.”
Source: The Deserter
“No one wants to go through life alone, fighting battles single-handedly their whole life. Not even the hardiest of heroes. That’s just a miserable existence. Everyone needs someone in their corner, right?...Even if you could,” I wrinkled my brow, “would you really want to? By all accounts, it gets lonely being your own hero.”
Source: Tall, Dark Streak of Lightning
“Let's Not Just Be Heroes! Let's Be Heroes Who Lead!”
“The modern hero is a person who does something everyone thinks they could do if they were a little stronger, a little faster, a little smarter, or a little more generous. Heroes in ancient times were the link between men and perfect beings, gods. Heroes in modern times are the link between man as he is and man as he could be.”
“They’re so brave," she said.
"They’re all dead."
"Only a coward would think of that," she said scornfully.”
Source: Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
“Bet herojų ilgesys išlieka”
Source: Ežeras ir kiti jį lydintys asmenys
“As long as I live, I will always remember those wee children standing at the railing on that ship." - John Hanlon, the sailor”
Source: The Sailor and the Christmas Trees
“We were supposed to be heroes.”
“There’s no such thing as heroes.”
Conversation between ‘Alis K’ and ‘Borge’
The Informer by Steen Langstrup”
Source: The Informer