• When I was very young every grownup was a hero. It's been all downhill since then, and I have only two left.

    Peter S. Beagle: When I was very young every grownup was a hero. It's been all downhill since then, and I have only two left.
    Peter S. Beagle (2003). “The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Acquaintances”