#heroes

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#both #emotional #give #heroes #i

When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity. ↗

— John Strachan

#back #brought #christianity #compare #contemplate

We will never forget the passengers of Flight 93, who courageously confronted the terrorists, defeating another planned attack on America. They are the heroes for our times. ↗

— Bob Taft

#another #attack #confronted #courageously #defeating

King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#cane #heroes #i #king #lid

Heroes aren't born, they' re cornered. Oh, I was cornered. And I found out that I was no hero. ↗

— James Belushi

#cornered #found #hero #heroes #i

Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all. ↗

— Gerald W. Johnson

#demand #heroes #materials #none #out

I suppose we all hit a point when no one has to describe fear & confusion for us anymore, a point when life carves it into us. ↗

— Josh James Riebock

#life

Superhero science has taught me this: Entire universes fit comfortably inside our skulls. Not just one or two but endless universes can be packed into that dark, wet, and bony hollow without breaking it open from the inside. The space in our heads will stretch to accommodate them all. The real doorway to the fifth dimension was always right here. Inside. That infinite interior space contains all the divine, the alien, and the unworldly we’ll ever need. ↗

— Grant Morrison

#superheroes #universes #science

The young man looked down from the cart at the people in front of him. Jonah felt his teacher’s eyes meet his own, and for a fraction of a second a smile played on the prisoner’s lips. Then he glanced toward heaven and spoke. “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. ↗

— Anna Myers

#heroes #history #nathan-hale #patriotism #revolutionary-war

I could have killed you.” “Or I could have killed you,” Percy said. Jason shrugged. “If there’d been an ocean in Kansas, maybe.” “I don’t need an ocean—” “Boys,” Annabeth interrupted, “I’m sure you both would’ve been wonderful at killing each other. But right now, you need some rest.” Food first,” Percy said. “Please? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#food #heroes-of-olympus #jason-grace #percy-jackson #percy-jackson-and-the-olympians