Against Quote by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

When you see weakness in a hero, you are doing something to his identity. You take something away from the kids, the next generation;…

— Charles Bronson

“We get heroes with impossible abilities and heroines with strengths we can only dream of. And for a little while, we are those characters.…

— Darynda Jones

“Cowards and courage make for great conflict. Embodied within the statement above is the idea that imperfect heroes are the most satisfying because true…

— Debra Dixon

Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.

— David Gemmell

Very few of my characters are totally heroic or totally villainous.

— Charlaine Harris

“True weakness is weakness of the spirit”

— Renee Ahdieh

Anyone who knows me well must understand and be sympathetic to my genuine need to be my own greatest hero. It is not a…

— Pat Conroy

I think my weakness as a writer is a limited imagination, and I think my strength is a talent for reflecting the world, or…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you,…

— Cassandra Clare

“If you're a hero you can be an idiot, behave badly, ruin your personal life, have any number of mistresses and talk about yourself…

— Jeanette Winterson

“The hero in a romance is the most important challenge the heroine must face and conquer. The hero is her real problem in the…

— Jayne Ann Krentz

“Heroes aren’t people who are somehow unafraid in a crisis—heroes are the people who feel afraid and still do what needs to be done.”

— Cora Seton