“Achilles was murdered with a poisoned arrow, and Jason died alone, killed by his own rotting ship. Such is the fate of heroes.”

“The hero, the villain, or modern tragic character. A modern Achilles who inflicts his own arrow. "The Wings of the Seraph”

“The hero surviving his own murder, his own suicide, his own addiction, surviving his own disappearance from the scene”

“As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.”

“The future was with Fate. The present was our own.~ The Poison Belt”

“He recalled Galloran stating that being a hero meant doing what was right regardless of the consequences. The thought sent a thrill through him. Galloran had been in this same situation and had made the right choice. Jason felt less alone. Malodor had claimed that his opponents had no heroes among them. But Galloran was proof to the contrary. And Jason would be evidence as well. p. 420”