Thursday, 28 July 2011
A journalistic law
… it’s a journalistic law, you see, that heroes can never do anything ordinary; when Flashy, the Hector of Afghanistan, beats a reluctant retreat, there must be an army howling at his heels, or the public cancel their subscription.
Flashman and the Mountain of Light, pp.335-36, Fontana Paperback edition, 1991.
Tags: Flashman, Flashman quotes, journalism.
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