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Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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Hate is the father of all evil.
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None of us can choose the manner of our passing.
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A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.
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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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This world has few redeeming features, and one is the capacity for people to love one another with great, enduring passion.
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There are times, Sember, when I could believe your mother had a secret lover. Looking at you makes me wonder if it was one of my goats.
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In any broth, the scum always rises to the top.
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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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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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How many hopes and dreams are trapped within these bones? How many wonders lie never to be discovered? This is what war is. Desolation, despair and loss. There are no victors.
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A warrior...must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.
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Kings are chosen by the Source, so it is said. [...] Therefore those who fight for the king can be said to be godly. Is that not cause enough?
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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 do not convince me. You rationalize your actions and because the result is favorable you become right.
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Too many people go through life without pausing to enjoy what they have.
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The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.
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May all your dreams but one come true, for what is life without a dream?
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Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.
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Never be glad that another man has died. Not ever. [...] It never ends. Never... ever... be glad to kill.
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