Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse.
Be real. I'm going up against three of the world's most vicious ubervillains. I have a very, very slim chance of survival. I have a better chance of winning the lottery, and I don't even play.
You marvel and applaud big heroes in their big heroic actions, and forget you are a hero in your humble life and have modest heroic actions to complete yourself.
Being a hero, the man had observed, is largely a matter of knowing one's cues.
Brandon's greatest regret is that he has but one life to give for Gondor.
A brigand, a barber, a beggar, two orphans, and a boy whore. With such do we defend the realms of men.
The woman, as small as she was, standing valiantly in the face of the threat the Saldi enforcers presented, sent heat rushing through his veins.
That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.
Heroism doesn't always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history. Sometimes a chicken can save a man's life.
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