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... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods

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
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David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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If there is one sound the follows the march of humanity, it is the scream.
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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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Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
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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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A warrior...must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.
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A man cannot spend his life worrying about the unexpected.
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Why now? Why not? Live or die, a man and a woman need love. There is a need in the race. We need to share. To belong. Perhaps you will die before the year is out. But remember this: to have may be taken from you, to have had never. Far better to have tasted love before dying, than to die alone.
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Hate is the father of all evil.
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Plan for the worst, expect the best.
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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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Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.
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Your face may be gone, but you know who you are.
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Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change.
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Every man has his own reason for every deed. Usually it is selfish.
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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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Nothing in life is sure, my son. Except the promise of death.
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It is a merchant's nature to quibble over coins. It is how we become rich and buy satin shirts. The problems of who governs this area is one for another day.
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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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The point is [...] that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.
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Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone fails at something.
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