“The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain.”
“You learn eventually that, while there are no villains, there are no heroes either. And until you make the final discovery that there are only human beings, who are therefore all the more fascinating, you are liable to miss something.”
“Either you die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.”
“Real life isn't made up of heroes and villains. Just ordinary people making choices they have to live with.”
“The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.”
“He needed time to adjust to real life, where heroes and villains could not be told apart by their looks or their accents, where there were no last minute reversals of fortune.”