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What is your name? Why? So I can mark your grave.

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
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I don't give a damn, laddie. Until the actual moment, when they cut me down, I shall still be looking to win. And the gods of war are fickle at best.
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I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.
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I think maybe it is better to believe than not to believe. But I couldn't tell you why.
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