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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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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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Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.
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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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Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.
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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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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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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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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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When healers yearn to kill then hope begins to die ... Evil cannot be overcome by evil.
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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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Foolish: It's all foolish. Life is a farce a stupid, sickening farce played out by fools.
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I underestimated you, woman. ... The cry of men down the ages.
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Hate is the father of all evil.
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You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy: the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.
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War. What was it about the prospect of some bloody enterprises that reduced men to the level of animals?
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In my experience all women deserve someone better.
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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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Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change.
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I caught a pebble in the moonlight.
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May all your dreams but one come true, for what is life without a dream?
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