Chronic Hero Syndrome/Quotes

""This isn't a criticism, Harry! But you do... sort of... I mean -- don't you think you've got a bit of a -- saving people thing?""

- Hermione, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

""Every time someone cries out in prayer and I can't answer, I feel guilty about not being God.""

- Harry, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

""I just can't turn my back on [him/her]!""

- Taiki Kudou's Catch Phrase, Digimon Xros Wars

"Nhadala: We've got a prickly situation. Fiends are attacking the Cactuar Nation! Yuna: We'll take care of it! Benzo, let's go! Paine: I was wrong. She doesn't get dragged into trouble. Rikku: She jumps in headfirst."

- Final Fantasy X-2

"Rikku: Isaaru’s changed, too, huh? Maroda: Him? He’ll never change. (sighs) He goes around playing superhero and leaves us with all the headaches. Rikku: Hey, I know someone like that. Paine: Oh, someone who goes around playing superhero, is it? Yuna: You mean Brother! Paine: Wrong. Yuna: Buddy? Rikku: Nope. Paine: Well, uh, Rikku, why don’t we get going? Rikku: Yup, sounds good. Yuna: Come on. Tell me who!"

- Final Fantasy X-2, again

""This is the problem with being a good guy, though. It gets under your skin!""

- Eliot, Leverage

""This is what happens, Hisagi-fukutaichou, the noble had finally revealed, words heavy with resignation, when a man with overwhelming power, a strong sense of responsibility, a compassionate heart, and a penchant for saving as many lives as possible is placed in a war. He never comes back, because he cannot. For every moment he is away from the battlefield, a man could be killed in his absence. A death that he could have prevented. And Ichigo could never accept that.""

- Bleach Byakuya Kuchiki, To Fight and Protect

"John McClane: You know what you get for being a hero? Nothin'. You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back, blah, blah, blah, attaboy. You get divorced. Your wife can't remember your last name. Your kids don't want to talk to you. You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me, kid, nobody wants to be that guy.

Matt Farrell: Then why you doing this?

John McClane: Because there's no body else to do it right now, that's why. Believe me, if there were somebody else to do it, I'd let them do it, but there's not. So we're doing it.

Matt Farrell: Ah. That's what makes you that guy."

- Live Free or Die Hard