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Evil lives in a pit. If you want to fight it – you must climb down in the slime to do so.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
Author
Writer
London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
Fighting
Evil
Lives
Must
Slime
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Climbs
Fight

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Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
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A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness.
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We are tiny flames, Helikaon, and we flicker alone in the great dark for no more than a heartbeat. When we strive for wealth, glory and fame, it is meaningless. The nations we fight for will one day cease to be. Even the mountains we gaze upon will crumble to dust. To truly live we must yearn for that which does not die.
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None of us can choose the manner of our passing.
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Be at peace, my friend. One thing I have learnt about Death is that his bark is worse than his bite.
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What is your name? Why? So I can mark your grave.
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A man should not risk his life for beauty alone, Kiall, for that fades. You might as well risk it for a rose. Think on it.
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You do not convince me. You rationalize your actions and because the result is favorable you become right.
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Death haunts everyone and never fails.
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