“The true hero fights and dies in the name of his destiny, and not in the name of a belief.”
Emil M. Cioran book A Short History of Decay
Source: A Short History of Decay (1949)
“Name one hero who was happy.”
— Madeline Miller, book The Song of Achilles
Source: The Song of Achilles
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