“I'm not a legend or a hero, I don't slay dragons, I don't do any of the things that a real hero can. But I can make things better, one day at a time, for most of the kingdom.”

“Alabaster, you told me earlier that heroes don't die. You may be right, but I can tell you one thing." Claymore looked the boy in the eyes. "I'm not a hero.”

“You don't know me! I'm the United bloody Kingdom and I can held my locker better then you any day!"-England”

“Anyone can slay a dragon ...but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.”

“The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention.”

“There are a lot of bad things out there. Things the Hounds of Heaven werecreated to destroy." He trailed his finger down the side of my face. "I can't be the hero you wantme to be--at least not in that way. But you can, Grace. You don't have to become one of the darkones. You can fight it. You can turn this curse into a blessing. You can become the hero. Youcan become truly divine.”