An artist is the magician put among men to gratify--capriciously--their urge for immortality. The temples are built and brought down around him, continuously and contiguously, from Troy to the fields of Flanders. If there is any meaning in any of it,...
Inside me there was everything I had believed was outside. There was, in particular, the sun, light, and all colors. There were even the shapes of objects and the distance between objects. Everything was there and movement as well… Light is an elem...
[first lines] Heather: So even if Columbus got lost and wasn't the first to discover America, he's still my hero. He was really brave to sail in such a tiny ship over a really big ocean. And because of him, we get Columbus Day off of school. Teacher:...
Steve Rogers: Big man in a suit of armour. Take that off, what are you? Tony Stark: Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. Steve Rogers: I know guys with none of that worth ten of you. I've seen the footage. The only thing you really fight for...
Tadashi: You better make this up to Aunt Cass before she eats everything in the cafe. Hiro: [not really listening] For sure. Tadashi: And I hope you learned your lesson, bonehead. Hiro: Absolutely. Tadashi: [pauses] You're going bot fighting, aren't ...
Eversmann: I was talking to Blackburn the other day, and he asked me "What changed? Why are we going home?" and I said "Nothing." That's not true either; I think everything's changed. I know I've changed. [sigh] Eversmann: You know a friend of mine a...
He sounded like he was used to people swearing at him, which made no damned sense, because he was gorgeous and a hero.
No, what he didn't like about heroes was that they were usually suicidally gloomy when sober and homicidally insane when drunk.
Achilles was murdered with a poisoned arrow, and Jason died alone, killed by his own rotting ship. Such is the fate of heroes.
Perhaps a hero is someone who doesn’t register his own vulnerability. Is it courage, then, if you’re too daft to know you’re mortal?
There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.
I groan but answer the call in a sing song voice. "Kitty Lung, hero or terrorist, you take your pick.
until he who possesses sapience comes, the one with knowledge shall be the hero
The enemy came to steal,kill and destroy our hero Steve Biko. He was chosen by God and no one can deny that.
They praised his modesty and did not listen to him, for listening is a rare gift, and men will have their heroes.
People could say a lot of negative things about the apocalypse, but there was no arguing the air quality in Los Angeles had really improved.
...so Leola thought that a modest romance with a hero in embryo could do no harm - might even be a patriotic duty.
Most have been forgotten. Most deserve to be forgotten. The heroes will always be remembered. The best. The best and the worst. And a few who were a bit of both.
For I was sure of one thing, it wasn't always the hero who saved the world. It was the person most willing to die first.
I think children want to believe that they can be heroes too.
I am not a hero in soul and never will be, but I am better than I was. Or so I tell myself; and for now, that is enough.
