“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.”
“The moderns say we must not punish heretics. My only doubt is whether we have the right to punish anybody else.”
“I wanted to find out then and quickly whether I was a louse like everybody else or a man. Whether I can step over barriers or not, whether I dare stoop to pick up or not, whether I am a trembling creature or whether I have the right...F”
“The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles - preferably of his own making - in order to triumph.”
“She's out from my life, I don't know whether to laugh or cry”
“Heroes must see to their own fame. No one else will.”