“Workaholics aren't heroes. They don't save the day, they just use it up. The real hero is home because she figured out a faster way”
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Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire
Clary Fray, to Emma Carstairs, pg. 95
Variant: Heroes aren't always the ones who win. They're the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don't give up. That's what makes them heroes.
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire (2014)
“Heroes save worlds," Clary said. "They don't destroy them.”
Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
“Heroes aren't allowed to be nervous."
"Who made up that rule?"
"It's a known fact…”
David Eddings (1931–2009) American novelist
Source: The Seeress of Kell
Miep Gies (1909–2010) Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank
Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank, dies at 100 http://web.archive.org/web/20100113212438/news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100112/ap_on_re_eu/eu_netherlands_obit_miep_gies (January 12, 2010)
Nanfu Wang (1985) director and filmmaker
Source: "It Didn’t Take Long for Me to Feel Empathy: Nanfu Wang on In the Same Breath" in Roger Ebert https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/it-didnt-take-long-for-me-to-feel-empathy-nanfu-wang-on-in-the-same-breath (17 August 2021)
“We can be "heroes" just for one day.”
David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger