“Wars may make heroes of men, but not all the time.”
Jane Yolen book Briar Rose
Source: Briar Rose (1992), Chapter 25 (p. 146)
“Wars do not make heroes of everyone.”
— Jane Yolen, book Briar Rose
Source: Briar Rose (1992), Chapter 25 (p. 146)
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