There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.
Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.
The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.
The good old days are now.
'Villain' is such a harsh word.
Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.
Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.
There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.