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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
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Writer
London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
Cynic
Inclination
Necessity
Romantic
Hero
Experience

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Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
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The night has a capacity for terror that the day can never match.
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Too many people go through life without pausing to enjoy what they have.
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This world has few redeeming features, and one is the capacity for people to love one another with great, enduring passion.
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In my experience all women deserve someone better.
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Evil lives in a pit. If you want to fight it – you must climb down in the slime to do so.
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Never be glad that another man has died. Not ever. [...] It never ends. Never... ever... be glad to kill.
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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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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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Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone fails at something.
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I underestimated you, woman. ... The cry of men down the ages.
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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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The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.
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The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them.
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Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.
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A man should not risk his life for beauty alone, Kiall, for that fades. You might as well risk it for a rose. Think on it.
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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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I make little distinction between those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing.
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In any broth, the scum always rises to the top.
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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.
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