Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.

Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.

I have never known courage to be judged by the length of a man's hair. Or, for the matter of that, whether he has any hair at all.

Count the deed, not the thought.

Keep out of this," Lucian said. "I'm not smiting anybody." "You're showing mercy." Catch-a-Tick nodded. "That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.

Fantasy, in addition to being great storytelling, moves us at some unique and profound level. It has, I think, the power of mythology, or ancient dreams we have always and forever shared. In it, we find our real world and our real selves.

He was a great poet" They lamented. No, he was not a great poet," said Theo, "He was a good poet, he could have been better. That's the real loss don't you see?