Name one hero who was happy." I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back." You...
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Madeline Miller
I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the laughter that all can see and through the tears unseen and unknown by anyone.
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Nikolai Gogol
Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.
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Veronica Roth
To assess the quality of thoughts of people, don't listen to their words, but watch their actions.
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Amit Kalantri
Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our wonder. It has fed our thirst for facts but not for meaning or mystery. It produces "nice" people, not heroes.
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Peter Kreeft
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