Long ago Quote by Anne Tyler

“There can be great value in imagining our hero at the end of the story. When we have confidence in our destination we are…

— Alan Watt

“And a man who can make himself merry in the face of those coming disasters that assailed him, as disasters do so many, without…

— Sebastian Barry

“Sometimes stories get on my nerves--especially the ones where unfair things keep happening to the hero over and over, for no reason at all,…

— Susan Vaught

“Some people appear to thrive after trauma. Loss emboldens them, they form great ambitions and stride forward as if nothing, now, could hurt them.…

— Catriona Menzies-Pike

“Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope,…

— Matthew Quick

“Charity Jones loved a good disaster movie as much as the next person - she would simply prefer the disaster in question not be…

— Susan Mallery

“Perseverance is the act of true role models and heroes.”

— Liza Wiemer

“The problem: we fail to realize that we are the hero and that our life should be a tale worth telling. This”

— John Romaniello

“Heroes, however, have a habit of ending up dead or bankrupt, and, as you know better than anyone, I have much to lose. At…

— Arturo Pérez-Reverte

“And giving it a happy ending, when all know that tales never end, and the happy ending is but a moment to catch one’s…

— Robin Hobb

“A hero is also someone who, in their day to day interactions with the world, despite all the pain, uncertainty and doubt that can…

— Daniel Radcliffe

“I realized that the job of a hero is not to save the galaxy, or rescue princesses, or slay all the dragons. That may…

— Yahtzee Croshaw