‘If a hero sees a child in danger of drowning, does he need to know the fate of worlds hang in the balance before leaping in and trying to rescue it?‘
– Ustarte, to Weldi, White Wolf
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‘We are all of us hybrid beasts. There is the savage in us, who would tear out an enemy’s heart and devour it raw. There is the lover, who composes songs to the woman who owns his soul. There is the father, who holds his child close, and would die to protect it from all harm. Three creatures in one man. And there are more. In every one of us is the total of all we have ever been, the sullen child, the arrogant youth, the suckling babe. Every fear endured in childhood is lodged somewhere in here. And every act of heroism or cowardice, generosity or meanness of spirit.‘
– Gershom, to Helikaon, Lord of the Silver Bow
‘Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows out the candle. A woman terrified of the pain of childbirth who says, “It is time to become a mother.” Heroism does not always live on the battlefield.‘
– Karis, to Pooris, Dark Moon
‘By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism.’
– The Prophet (as quoted by Serbitar), to Sieben, The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend