#heroic

In his youth, he was electrified. The stars were moving in his bloodstream. He would not have been cowed by the customs of an earthly monarch. When he loved, it was with a heat and a desperation that he carried like a sword. He loved in the way that Greeks burned cities. ↗

— Brenna Yovanoff

#devil #greeks #heroic #love #passion

What a great thing, to be loved! What a greater thing still, to love! The heart becomes heroic though passion…if no one loved, the sun would go out. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love #sun #love

I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill, FDR, Kennedy, they all had affairs. But heroic things happen every day. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#churchill #cynical #day #decades #every

I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#because #body #bruce #bruce springsteen #heroic

But despite their heroic acts, the Vietnam Veterans of America continued to struggle to establish a combat badge in honor of these brave pilots and medics. ↗

— Tim Holden

#america #badge #brave #combat #continued

One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events. ↗

— David Brin

#events #follow #going #heroic #i

In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#could #help #heroic #industrious #misfortunes

The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#big #heroic #i #like #make

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#film #genres #heroic #only #out

The truth is always more heroic than the hype. ↗

— Jessica Lynch

#heroic #hype #more #than #truth