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May all your dreams but one come true, for what is life without a dream?

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
Author
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
True
Dream
May
Come
Without
Life
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