“The real hero is always a hero by mistake.”
“The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.”
“The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention.”
“No hero is a hero if he ever killed someone! Only the man who has not any blood in his hand can be a real hero! The honour of being a hero belongs exclusively to the peaceful people!”
“Routine, repetition, tedium, monotony, ephemeracy, inconsequence, abstraction, disorder, boredom, angst, ennui — these are the true hero's enemies, and make no mistake, they are fearsome indeed. For they are real.”
“Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.”