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“Heroes may not live long in years, but they live forever in the stories.”

Book:Wealth of Words

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“This consideration takes us very close to what it is that makes Greek tragedy “tragic.” A play about an unambiguously heroic young woman, someone’s mother or sister or daughter, squaring off against an unambiguously villainous general or king, a man greedy for military renown or for power, would not be morally interesting. What gives Antigone and Agamemnon and other plays their special and unforgettable force is that they present the irresistible spectacle of two worldviews, each with its own force, harrowingly locked in irreducible conflict. And yet while the characters in these plays are unable to countenance, let alone accept, their opponents’ viewpoints, the audience is being invited to do just that—to weigh and compare the principles the characters adhere to, to reflect on the necessity of seeing the whole and on the difficulties of keeping the parts in equilibrium. Or, at least, to appreciate the costs of sacrificing some values for others, when the occasion demands.”

Audience Tragedy Storytelling Heroes Greek Tragedy Antigone Agamemnon Ancient Greeks Ancient Greek Tragedy

Author:Daniel Mendelsohn

“A laugh jumps out of my mouth, surprising me. I can’t even remember the last time I laughed and it puts me on edge. I suddenly want to do the same thing to her. Let her see how it feels to teeter on that cliff.”

Romance Contemporary New Adult

Book:Charade

Source: Charade

“I don’t like perfect heroes; I can’t recognize myself in them. I like flawed heroes, like me. I want to see how they struggle with their flaws and in spite of that manage to slay the dragon.”

Hero Heroes Hero Quotes Heroes Journey Dragon Slaying

Book:Book of Wisdom

Source: Book of Wisdom

“It takes no genius to destroy. The creators, the givers, the lovers, the healers - these are the heroes who know - the building up is so much more difficult than the tearing down.”

Creativity Building Genius Lovers Destruction Heroes Destroyers Creators Givers Healers

Book:New York Minute: An Actor's Memoir

Source: New York Minute: An Actor's Memoir

“Meeting one’s heroes is always such a disappointment.”

Heroes

Book:The Violent Century

Source: The Violent Century

“But we should search for the strange and surprising in the world, not within ourselves! To search within, to think so long and hard about our own selves, would only make us unhappy. This is what had happened to the characters in my story: for this reason heroes could never tolerate being themselves, for this reason they always wanted to be someone else.”

Happiness Heroes Happiness Advice Ourselves

Book:The White Castle

Source: The White Castle

“Me resulta difícil encontrar un héroe a estas alturas, así que tengo que crear mi propio héroe: yo mismo.”

Heroes Soledad Hombre Heroe

Book:Absence of the Hero: Uncollected Stories and Essays, Volume 2 : 1946-1992

Source: Absence of the Hero: Uncollected Stories and Essays, Volume 2 : 1946-1992

“Verla says that nobody thinks of himself as a villain. Even the nastiest person thinks that he is in the right.”

Perspective Heroes Villains

Book:The Wild Girls

Source: The Wild Girls

“The more readily we make household names and the more numerous they become, the less are they worthy of our admiration... We can make a celebrity, but we can never make a hero. In a now-almost-forgotten sense, all heroes are self-made.”

Heroes Celebrity Culture

Book:The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America

Source: The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America

“You hang your heroes. That way they’ll never disappoint you.' It also brought to mind his own retort: 'But what about your enemies? What about the villains? What do we do with those?”

Science Fiction Western Heroes Vengeance Badass Enemies Villains Gunslinger Old West Coinhunter

Book:Coilhunter

Source: Coilhunter

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