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Life is not so simple. There are many futures. The life of a single person is like a great tree: every branch, every twig, every leaf is a possible future.

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
Life
Possible
Twigs
Like
Simple
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Future
Leafs
Persons
Leaf
Person
Branch
Many
Branches
Great
Single
Every
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Twig

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