#hero

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When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.


Robert Green Ingersoll


#death #defies #down #duty #fate

Full circle from the tomb of the womb to the womb of the tomb we come, an ambiguous, enigmatical incursion into a world of solid matter that is soon to melt from us like the substance of a dream.


Joseph Campbell Hero with a


#dreams

Trains are great dirty smoky things," said Will. "You won't like it." Tessa was unmoved. "I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?" "I've never swum naked in the Thames before, but I know I wouldn't like it." "But think how entertaining for sightseers," said Tessa, and she saw Jem duck his head to hide the quick flash of his grin.


Cassandra Clare


#humor #jem-carstairs #teasing #tessa-gray #will-herondale

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.


Peter S. Beagle


#inspirational #inspirational

Sometimes your whole life could hinge on a fraction of an inch. Or the beat of nanosecond. Or the knock on a door. Kind of made a male believe in the divine. It really did.


J.R. Ward


#heroin #inspirational #john #page- #inspirational

Great men have great discipline.” ― Habeeb Akande



#great #greatness #hero #leaders #leadership

I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so fuckin' heroic.


George Carlin


#hero #heroism #individualism #individuality #nature

Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a race of cannibal ducks?" "They ate it too," Will reminisced. "Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.


Cassandra Clare


#will-herondale #trust

So you're a Shadowhunter,' Nate said. 'De Quincey told me that you lot were monsters.' 'Was that before or after he tried to eat you?' Will inquired.


Cassandra Clare


#humour #nathaniel-gray #will-herondale #wit #eating

They’re not hideous,” said Tessa. Will blinked at her. “What?” “Gideon and Gabriel,” said Tessa. “They’re really quite good-looking, not hideous at all.” “I spoke,” said Will, in sepulchral tones, “of the pitch-black inner depths of their souls.” Tessa snorted. “And what color do you suppose the inner depths of your soul are, Will Herondale?” “Mauve,” said Will.


Cassandra Clare


#tessa-gray #will-herondale #soul