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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.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
Author
Writer
London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
Doe
Fight
Cease
Crumble
Live
Wealth
Dust
Flicker
Must
Alone
Strive
Yearn
Great
Dark
Tiny
Heartbeat
Even
Nations
Mountain
Gaze
Dies
Fame
Meaningless
Fighting
Glory
Mountains
Upon
Truly
Flames

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