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A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.

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
Hero
Experience
Cynic
Inclination
Necessity
Romantic

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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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I am not going to talk about patriotism, duty, liberty, and the defense of freedom because that's all dung to a soldier.
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Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.
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Death haunts everyone and never fails.
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No one can take away the freedom of a man's soul.
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I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks.
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While men compete in war, there will be warriors. While there are warriors, there will be princes among warriors. Among the princes will be kings, and among the kings an emperor.
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Most wars are fought for greed, but we are luckier here we fight for our lives and the lives of the people we love.
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It is hard to be angry when one has seen the sun rise,' she said. It seems to be true,' he admitted. 'I wonder why.' Because it makes one feel so small and insignificant. It has been rising forever and will rise forever no matter what we do or do not do. All our problems are as nothing to the sun.
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Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.
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How many hopes and dreams are trapped within these bones? How many wonders lie never to be discovered? This is what war is. Desolation, despair and loss. There are no victors.
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Life is a struggle, from the agonies of birth to the railing against death. Devour or be devoured. The law of the wild.
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Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change.
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None of us can choose the manner of our passing.
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Many fantasy novels - 'Lord of the Rings', for instance, or 'Lavondyss' by Robert Holdstock - are beautifully written. Geoff Ryman's 'The Child Garden' is exquisite and utterly beguiling. Mervyn Peake's 'Gormenghast' trilogy is an astonishing piece of multi-faceted storytelling. So quality of writing does not condemn the genre.
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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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A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.
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It's a funny thing about weaknesses....Most people will tell you they know their weaknesses. When asked, they'll tell you, 'Well for one thing, I'm overgenerous.' ... that's what innkeepers are for.
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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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