George! ' [Horace] said, the relief evident in his voice. 'Are you all right?'' No! I am not! ' George replied with considerable spirit. 'I have a whacking great arrow stuck through my arm and it hurts like the very dickens! How could anybody be all right in those circumstances?'..' You saved my life, George, ' Horace said gently.. George grimaced. 'Well, if I'd known it was going to hurt like this, I wouldn't have! I would have just let them shoot you! Why do you live this way?' he demanded in a high-pitched voice. 'How can you bear it? This sort of thing is very, very painful. I always suspected that warriors are crazy. Now I know. John Flanagan
About This Quote

In a time of great danger, a warrior's ability to keep going and keep fighting is of the utmost importance. Yet, more often than not, warriors have been known to be afraid of what they must do in order to save the day. This quote from The Odyssey speaks to the problem of being afraid of one's actions. In this quote, the warrior who is wounded is worried about how it will feel to be shot in the arm, and he is afraid that he will die if he lets an enemy with horrible intentions get close enough to do him in.

However, his friend and mentor, Homer (the original Stephen King), says that George (the warrior) shouldn't be concerned about how it feels or whether or not he will die. He should be focused on saving lives and doing what needs to be done to make sure there are no more victims for the enemy to attack.

Source: The Emperor Of Nihonja

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