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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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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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Your face may be gone, but you know who you are.
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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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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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Nothing in life is sure, my son. Except the promise of death.
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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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Many fantasy novels - 'Lord of the Rings', for instance, or 'Lavondyss' by Robert Holdstock - are beautifully written. Geoff Ryman's 'The Child Garden' is exquisite and utterly beguiling. Mervyn Peake's 'Gormenghast' trilogy is an astonishing piece of multi-faceted storytelling. So quality of writing does not condemn the genre.
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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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Hate is the father of all evil.
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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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You do not convince me. You rationalize your actions and because the result is favorable you become right.
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Our modern world, though infinitely more complex than that of ancient Greece, is also far more superficial. Where the Greeks offered simple psychological training, we live in an age of style and spin in which perceptions of good and evil slither and shift with the political view of the moment.
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A warrior...must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.
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I am not going to talk about patriotism, duty, liberty, and the defense of freedom because that's all dung to a soldier.
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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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It is hard to be angry when one has seen the sun rise,' she said. It seems to be true,' he admitted. 'I wonder why.' Because it makes one feel so small and insignificant. It has been rising forever and will rise forever no matter what we do or do not do. All our problems are as nothing to the sun.
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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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She was his north star, the fixed point round which his world turned. For as long as his heart beat, or hers, he believed they would always share a destiny.
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I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for without them we are no more than beasts roaming the land.
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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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