The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
Travels in HyperrealityOh, Mr Coward, sir - I could never have an affair with you, because you remind me of my father!
Kenneth MoreThat man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
Edgar Allan PoeThere have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud.
Ian MckellenIf he is a coward, it isn't because he doesn't enjoy pain. It is because he refuses to act.
Divergent