How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Mama said that I shouldn't be the hero type. I don't know. Maybe you have to be a hero type to deal with the bigger things that happen to you. At least you have to be bigger than life to fit all the things inside that you didn't know you could absorb before. (15.51)
By now (the end of the book), Birdy has a different idea of what heroism is. It's about being "bigger than life," taking things you wouldn't think you'd be able to take. Seems like he thinks he's a hero, too.