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

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
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David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.
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You know how it is. Boy meets girl, girl wants boy dead. An everyday story, really.
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The point is [...] that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.
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None of us can choose the manner of our passing.
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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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A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.
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You are getting too old for this. A man is as old as he feels, woman! And how old do you feel? About ninety.
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One day the enemy will cross the Great Green. They will bring war and tragedy to these eastern lands. Such is the nature of vile men. Yet we cannot live in dread of them. We cannot hide behind these high walls, our hearts trembling. For that is not life. We must accept the needs and the duties of each day, and face them one at a time.
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Hold on to your dreams, Kiall. They are more important than you realise.
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Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
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A warrior...must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.
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While men compete in war, there will be warriors. While there are warriors, there will be princes among warriors. Among the princes will be kings, and among the kings an emperor.
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The very odd thing about sagas ... is that they very rarely mention dry mouths and full bladders.
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In my experience all women deserve someone better.
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I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks.
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Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.
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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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Why now? Why not? Live or die, a man and a woman need love. There is a need in the race. We need to share. To belong. Perhaps you will die before the year is out. But remember this: to have may be taken from you, to have had never. Far better to have tasted love before dying, than to die alone.
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Love is for fools. It is a surging of blood in the loins ... there is no mystery, and no magic. Find someone else, my boy.
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