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

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When healers yearn to kill then hope begins to die ... Evil cannot be overcome by evil.
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The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.
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... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods
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Nothing in life is sure, my son. Except the promise of death.
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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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Our modern world, though infinitely more complex than that of ancient Greece, is also far more superficial. Where the Greeks offered simple psychological training, we live in an age of style and spin in which perceptions of good and evil slither and shift with the political view of the moment.
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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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A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness.
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Love is a mystery. We embrace it where we can. Mostly we do not choose whom we love. It just happens. A voice speaks to us, in ways the ears cannot hear. We recognize a beauty the eye does not see. We experience a change in our hearts that no voice can describe.
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I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for without them we are no more than beasts roaming the land.
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Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.
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You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy: the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.
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We are tiny flames, Helikaon, and we flicker alone in the great dark for no more than a heartbeat. When we strive for wealth, glory and fame, it is meaningless. The nations we fight for will one day cease to be. Even the mountains we gaze upon will crumble to dust. To truly live we must yearn for that which does not die.
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If there is one sound the follows the march of humanity, it is the scream.
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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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Blood always aids blood, my friend.
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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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What is your name? Why? So I can mark your grave.
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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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