Browsing Quotes With Tag: heroism (2)
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Speaker: Ralph Waldo EmersonPosted: 01 Jun 2014 at 10:05 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters. But Old Derby was a character now.
Speaker: Kurt VonnegutPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 8:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!