
“As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.”
Crime Time interview (2001)
“As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.”
“Why did he get himself killed for us?" "Because he was a hero. And that is what heroes do.”
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?"
“Hail hero, hail hero, let me see you smile
You been gone for so damn long, I wish you'd stay awhile”
Theme song of Hail Hero! (1969), co-written with Jerome Moross
“These heroes are dead. They died for liberty — they died for us.”
Memorial Day Vision. Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Attributed
Context: These heroes are dead. They died for liberty — they died for us. They are at rest. They sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or storm, each in the windowless palace of rest. Earth may run red with other wars — they are at peace. In the midst of battles, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death.
Zareef, Adil Saturday, (January 28, 2006) The Demise of a Dream. The Daily Times https://archive.is/20130416144347/www.dailytimes.com.pk/print.asp?page=2006%5C01%5C28%5Cstory_28-1-2006_pg7_35
“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”
Character Harvey Dent