“Jack was embarrassed — never hero more,
And as he knew not what to say, he swore.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
The Island (1823), Canto III, Stanza 5.
“If he'd been a hero, he would have taken the opportunity to say, "That's what I call sorted!" Since he wasn't a hero, he threw up.”
— Terry Pratchett, book Going Postal
Source: Going Postal
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“Why did he get himself killed for us?" "Because he was a hero. And that is what heroes do.”
David Gemmell book The King Beyond the Gate
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 20
Context: "We irritated him, he told me. Why did he get himself killed for us?" "Because he was a hero. And that is what heroes do. You understand?"
“Our hero came from Nowhere — he wasn't going Anywhere and he got kicked off Somewhere.”
Buster Keaton (1895–1966) American actor and filmmaker
The High Sign (1921, co-written with Edward F. Cline)
“He did what heroes do after their work is accomplished; he died.”
Leo Tolstoy book War and Peace
Source: War and Peace
“Batman is a hero who wishes he didn't have to exist.”
Frank Miller book Batman: Year One
About Batman's motives, as quoted by David Mazzuccheli in his Afterword to Batman: Year One.
Context: He's clearly a man with a mission, but it's not one of vengeance. Bruce is not after personal revenge... He's much bigger than that; he's much more noble than that. He wants the world to be a better place, where a young Bruce Wayne would not be a victim... In a way, he's out to make himself unnecessary. Batman is a hero who wishes he didn't have to exist.