Heroine: Girl in a book who is saved from drowning by a hero and marries him next week, but if it was to be over again ten years later it is likely she would rather have a life-belt and he would rather have her have it. Hero: Person in a book who does things which he can't and girl marries him for it.
Mark TwainI would rather go to bed with Lillian Russell stark naked than Ulysses S Grant in full military regalia.
Mark Twain