“One of my heroes, almost necessarily from what I'm saying, of course, is Borges, who is a supreme master of doing thing -- being a data bank -- and the beauty of this economy is that he could have written War and Peace in three or four pages; who knows, it might have been a better book.” KnowsHas BeensBookWarMightThreeCoursesEconomyFourWrittenMastersHeroPagesSupremeDataMight Have BeenMy HeroBorges Author:Peter Greenaway
“I suppose as long as novels last, and authors aim at interesting their public, there must always be in the story a virtuous and gallant hero; a wicked monster, his opposite; and a pretty girl, who finds a champion. Bravery and virtue conquer beauty; and vice, after seeming to triumph through a certain number of pages, is sure to be discomfited in the last volume, when justice overtakes him, and honest folks come by their own.” LongStoriesLastsCertainGirlJusticeInterestingNumbersNovelVirtueHonestHeroPagesOppositesBraveryAimFolksVicesMonstersConquerTriumphChampionWickedVirtuousVolumeSeemingPretty GirlGallant Book:The four Georges. The English humorists. Roundabout papers Source: The four Georges. The English humorists. Roundabout papers
“His (Swami Vivekananda) words are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven, stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. I cannot touch these sayings of his, scattered as they are through the pages of books, at thirty years' distance, without receiving a thrill through my body like an electric shock. And what shocks, what transports, must have been produced when in burning words they issued from the lips of the hero!” YearsHas BeensBookBodyStyleHeroPagesDistanceLipsRhythmBurningPhrasesThirtyShockMarchReceivingElectricThrillTransportThirty YearsStirringGreat MusicChorusHandelVivekanandaElectric Shock Author:Romain Rolland
“It's really irritating when you open a book, and 10 pages into it you know that the hero you met on page one or two is gonna come through unscathed, because he's the hero. This is completely unreal, and I don't like it.” KnowsTwoBookHeroMetsPagesUnrealIrritating Author:George R. R. Martin
“There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman. That is a huge part of my excitement, the fact that this generation will get such a beautifully-detailed introduction to a hero and icon that has largely lived in a few pages of our history books and in one-dimensional photographs.” BookFactsWealthGenerationsHugeHeroPagesPhotographExcitementIntroductionIconsThis GenerationHistory Books Author:Aisha Hinds
“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.” InspirationalShowsTurnsMy OwnHeroPagesStationsMy Own LifeHouse Rules Author:Charles Dickens
“The writing is clean. I really wouldn't have changed a word. Most of it is true, too, except that the hero quits drinking and the girl grows up. On the last page, the couple gets married, which is a nice way for a love story to end.” WayWritingEndsStoriesLastsGirlGrowsGrowing UpNiceChangedCoupleHeroMarriedPagesCleanDrinkingQuittingLove StoryQuit Drinking Book:The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing Source: The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing