In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

The only thing that would make her jealous would be if I led a parade riding a unicorn while ballerinas sang love songs.

Drake. He liked dangerous pies." "Why did he join you?" "Who would eat pie that could take over your life? Why risk it?" "Focus. Why did he join you?" "Say no to death pies. Another good motto. I'm getting a headache." p. 432

A lie twice believed is self decieved

Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back to the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb.

The society killed Kendra." ... Don't mention it to Verl. He might dive into a chasm.

Causes have a way of tainting your reason until a person takes much bigger risks than sanity would otherwise allow.