#hero

Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#greatnesstness #heroic #triumph #victory #equality

Jem is my greatest sin. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#sin

It seems to me now that the plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#humanity #love #poetry #experience

If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#hero #humanity #inspirational #life #motivational

In Will's experience, when someone who ought to be afraid wasn't, the reason was rarely bravery. Usually it meant that they knew something you didn't. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#will-herondale #experience

I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I could do a story about it. The experience was a special kind of hell. I came out understanding full well how one could be addicted to 'smack,' and quickly. ↗

— Dan Rather

#heroin #journalism #experience

A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity. ↗

— David Gemmell

#hero #romance #experience

I mean, is there a chance for me? To have another life after this, a better one? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#will-herondale #life

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#heroism #faith

Would you?” said Gabriel to Will, hotly. “If it was your family?” His lip curled. “Never mind. It’s not as if you know the meaning of loyalty —” “Gabriel.” Gideon’s voice was a reprimand to his brother. “Do not speak to Will in that manner. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#gabriel-lightwood #gideon-lightwood #will-herondale #family