Joshua C. Cohen > Quotes

“Being a hero usually isn't much fun. It's terrifying, most of the time, right up until the point you make it out safe. It's being scared to do the right thing and doing it anyway.”
― Joshua C. Cohen, Leverage

“On any given day you have the chance to be a hero or a victim, predator or prey. Most times, circumstances are beyond your control. Other times, you got a choice but you think about it too much and you freeze up. Sometime, though, you're forced to react and it's all instinct. May not make a damn bit of difference in a bad situation. But sometimes instinct squeezes the good out of you, forces you to be a hero before you even realize it.”
― Joshua C. Cohen, Leverage

“I've got a better idea,"she says. "One that doesn't involve murder."

"What makes you think you can outsmart them?"

"Uh, I'm a girl and they're boys,"she says. "By default, I win.”
― Joshua C. Cohen, Leverage