Unlikely Heroes Quotes

“She shouldn't have had to be a hero.'
'No,' said the Duchess, 'no, no one should.”
― T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

“He grins to himself as he thinks of his little cabal, this great band of warriors consisting of an old woman, a passion-struck fool, and a man with a feeble mind. At least they've all got the loyalty part right.”
― T.J. Klune, Burn

“So, um… why… did you tried so hard to save me anyway, even after… I made life harder for the both of us?”

Điền Mục’s reply took on a rare serious tone:

“Huh? Oh, because there is a superhero in all of us. We just need the guts to… eh, actually, speaking of ‘guts’…”

He suddenly started rummaging through his backpack, took out an enema pill, pushed it into Vũ Thanh’s palm, and grinned from ear to ear with excitement:

“Hey, so how did the food of the dead taste to you these past few days anyway? Was there any trace of earthworms or dirt in them? Did they taste like they were rotting or decaying in any way? I’ve always wondered but never got a taste myself!”
― Nghịch Tử, Eyes

“Doha wasn’t a very good friend.
But he was a good person.
And he was a great engineer.”
― Molly Collier, The Paragon

“He had people in there, people who needed him to show up.
And show up he would.
He realized that was all it really took to be a hero.”
― Molly Collier, The Paragon

“Just last week all was calm. I was no one and nothing and I think that’s how things were meant to be. And now . . . I don’t know how to do this.”
― Molly Collier, The Paragon

“He didn’t know what to do. His mind told him there was nothing to do. His body told him it could no longer do anything at all. A feeling of defeat loomed over him like a dark cloud, threatening rain, threatening rust.
Was this what giving up felt like?”
― Molly Collier, The Paragon