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Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change.

David Gemmell

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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
Disguise
Lack
Learn
Change
Men

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Blood always aids blood, my friend.
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Your face may be gone, but you know who you are.
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The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.
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Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.
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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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Our souls are but leaves in a storm, and only the gods know where we will come to rest.
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I underestimated you, woman. ... The cry of men down the ages.
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Some people are born ugly. It's not their fault, and I for one have never held it against a man that he is ugly. but others and I count myself among them are born with handsome features. That's a gift that should not be lightly taken away.
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Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
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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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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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A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.
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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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Kings are chosen by the Source, so it is said. [...] Therefore those who fight for the king can be said to be godly. Is that not cause enough?
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Every little bit of good I may do, let me do it now for I may not come this way again.
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Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone fails at something.
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