Hero Quotes

“You're good at this,' she murmured. 'Do you often travel with girls who've been flayed?'

That earned her a soft laugh. 'No.' Then quietly, as he ran a cloth along her lower back, just below the dip in her waist. 'Would you be jealous if I did?'

I'm not a jealous person was what Evangeline intended to say, but instead the words 'of course' came out.

Jacks laughed, louder this time.

Embarrassment surged through her. 'That's not what I meant to say.'

'It's all right. I'd probably kill another man if I found him with you like this.' Jacks' hands pressed harder as they went to her shoulders and, one by one, ripped off the sleeves of her dress so that what remained of the gown completely fell away.

She made a sound somewhere between a squeal and a gasp. 'What that really necessary?'

'No, but everyone should have their clothes ripped off at some point.'

She imagined Jacks was mostly trying to distract her from all the pain, yet she blushed all the way from her cheeks to her chest.

Out of the corner of her eye, she thought she saw him smile.

And for a second, nothing hurt.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“She could feel the cool of his arms sliding gently under her legs and carefully under her neck as he cradled her to his chest.
'It hurts, Jacks.'
'I know, love. I'm going to take you somewhere safe.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“The icy water hit hard as earth. She thrashed on instinct, but Jacks held her tightly. His arms were unyielding, dragging her up through the crashing waves. Salt water snaked up her nose, and the cold filled her veins. She was coughing and sputtering, barely able to take down air as Jacks swam to shore with her in tow. He held her close and carried her from the ocean as if his life depended on it instead of hers.

'I will not let you die.' A single bead of water dripped from Jacks' lashes on to her lips. It was raindrop soft, but the look in his eyes held the force of a storm.

It should have been too dark to his expression, but the crescent moon burned brighter with each second, lining edges of Jacks' cheekbones as he looked at her with too much intensity.

The crashing ocean felt suddenly quiet in contrast to her pounding heart, or maybe it was his heart.

Jacks' chest was heaving, his clothes were soaked, his hair was a mess across his face- yet in that moment, Evangeline knew he would carry her through fire if he had to, haul her from the clutches of war, from falling cities and breaking worlds. And for one brittle heartbeat, Evangeline understood why so many girls died from his lips. If Jacks hadn't betrayed her, if he hadn't set her up for murder, she might have been a little bewitched by him.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“Hero. The word slithered nastily in his mind. An honour bestowed upon you when you had killed all those who would have called you a mass murderer.”
― Gourav Mohanty, Sons of Darkness

“Ah. I understand now. " Mephistophele's lips twitched. "You're a lunatic."
"I prefer 'unpredictable.' It's got a nicer ring to it.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Escaping from Houdini

“I'm not your knight in shining armor. I'm just a man who stands between you and hell.”
― Alessa Kelly, Her Unbreakable Protector

“Hero or villain… each is more than what it seems, and defined in different ways.”
― Ashley Shuttleworth, A Cruel and Fated Light

“Turns out our heroes are simply those who’ve done some of the same things we could, if we didn’t spend all our time watching them.”
― Broms The Poet, Feast

“She was no longer fearful for her future or that of her sister's. He was heaven-sent.”
― Sadie Bosque, A Deal with the Earl

“Your donor is the hero. This doesn’t take away from the great work your staff is doing.”
― Jeremy Reis

“But a villain who despairs of his villainy has not become a hero. A hero is something positive, not just the absence of evil.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“The achievement of the hero is one that he is ready for, and it’s really a manifestation of his character. And it’s amusing, the way in which the landscape and the conditions of the environment match the readiness of the hero. The adventure that he’s ready for is the one that he gets.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

“One person’s hero is another’s enemy.”
― Steven Magee

“Life is not a kind storyteller. And I'm not meant to be a saviour.'

Jacks turned to go.

'You're wrong.' Evangeline reached out and grabbed his hand. Her grip wasn't as strong as she would have liked. Exhaustion was starting to take a deeper hold on her, but she held as tight as she could. She wanted to remind him that he'd held her as she'd cried, he'd carried her as she'd bled, he'd bandaged her wounds. But her head was growing so heavy, all she managed to say was. 'Tonight, you saved me.'

No, I stopped you from dying. That's not the same thing.' Jacks pulled away and abruptly left.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“Life is not a kind storyteller. And I'm not meant to be a saviour.'

Jacks turned to go.

'You're wrong.' Evangeline reached out and grabbed his hand. Her grip wasn't as strong as she would have liked. Exhaustion was starting to take a deeper hold on her, but she held as tight as she could. She wanted to remind him that he'd held her as she'd cried, he'd carried her as she'd bled, he'd bandaged her wounds. But her head was growing so heavy, all she managed to say was. 'Tonight, you saved me.'

'No, I stopped you from dying. That's not the same thing.' Jacks pulled away and abruptly left.”
― Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

“Εκεί έξω υπάρχουν μεγάλοι ήρωες. Ιππότες βασιλείων και αρχόντων που ανάλογα με τις επιταγές της αρετής τους, αποφασίζουν το μέλλον αυτού του κόσμου. Δε χωρούν όλα τα βάσανα των ανθρώπων σε δυο χέρια και οι πλάτες κανενός ανθρώπου δεν μπορούν να τα κουβαλήσουν. Όμως, δύο χέρια με επιρροή και δύναμη μπορούν να αλλάξουν πολλές ζωές.”
― Κωνσταντίνος Πάτρας, Αιθέριον: Η Αιώνια Φωτιά

“Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history.”
― Mary Roach, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

“Then why are you proud?"
"because she's an elf. Through her, all elves are raised.”
― K.M. Shea, The Prince's Bargain

“Sometimes you have to face the end of the world ... to find the beginning of something better.”
― G. Willow Wilson, Ms. Marvel, Vol. 4: Last Days

“Some people are killed by attempts to save their lives.”
― @Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“All singers were half mad. In songs the hero always saved the maiden from the monster's castle. But life was not a song... And there are no heroes here; only whores.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“She felt herself leaning forward, and sucked in a breath to steady herself, then wished she had not, for immediately the fresh, sweaty, sun-soaked scent of him filled her nostrils, fueling the mad urge to reach out a fingertip and graze that triangle of skin, a desire of such intensity she could hardly breathe or move.”
― Fenna Edgewood, Once Upon a Midwinter's Kiss

“This wasn't a carnal thing that started between my thighs, worked its way to my brain, tricking my heart. This was different. New.”
― Stacy Jane, Saving Gypsy

“The main hero of this culture is a criminal, a murderer. The crime story is the only contemporary narrative that is able to capture the collective imagination... The outlaw is truly sovereign and even sacred because he or she represents not (ordinary) life but death in a society for which death is the absolute master... Of course, such killers who kill only to become sovereign and maybe even sacral are rare (mostly to be found in Dostoyevsky's novels).”
― Boris Groys, Philosophy of Care

“She’s Amber The Mender, a force that can calm a hurricane, a lifeboat capable of tugging an ocean liner, and most of all, my hero.”
― Alessa Kelly, Hold Me Forever

“And they made dim the lights in the Great Causeway, that there should no glare go forth into the Land, when the Gate was opened; and behold, they opened not the lesser gate within the greater, for me; but did honour my journey, in that they swung wide the Great Gate itself, through which a monstrous army might pass. And there was an utter silence all about the Gate; and in the hushed light the two thousand that made the Full Watch, held up each the Diskos, silently, to make salute; and humbly, I held up the Diskos reversed, and went forward into the Dark.”
― William Hope Hodgson

“For Homer, glory was the only thing that was truly imperishable. Only the glorious live on after death, in the memories and stories of humanity. Glory is the only meaningful form of immortality. The abject creature that lives on in the underworld holds no appeal. In fact, Homer’s theology demands a dismal afterlife. That way, the heroes are fully motivated to achieve glory here and now. What else is there to aim for? The grim persistence of the soul after death is in every way unappealing. Do you want a mediocre life and an even more mediocre death?”
― Rob Armstrong, Homo Roboticus: The Inner Human Robot Revealed By Sleepwalking and Hypnosis

“I think sometimes I feel like I have to run in with the fire hose and the helmet on and save these people. But sometimes the lesson really is: That person can walk down the stairs and out the door themselves.

Do I really need to put myself through that emotional experience? Is this of service? Or is this just my ego finding and deriving self-esteem by rescuing somebody?”
― Sabrina Tully

“Hero today, enemy tomorrow.”
― Steven Magee

“Εκεί έξω υπάρχουν μεγάλοι ήρωες. Ιππότες βασιλείων και αρχόντων που ανάλογα με
τις επιταγές της αρετής τους, αποφασίζουν το μέλλον αυτού του κόσμου. Δε χωρούν
όλα τα βάσανα των ανθρώπων σε δυο χέρια και οι πλάτες κανενός ανθρώπου δεν
μπορούν να τα κουβαλήσουν. Όμως, δύο χέρια με επιρροή και δύναμη μπορούν να αλλάξουν πολλές ζωές.”
― Κωνσταντίνος Πάτρας, Αιθέριον: Η Αιώνια Φωτιά