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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
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Every man has his own reason for every deed. Usually it is selfish.
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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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This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives.
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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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A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness.
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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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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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Your face may be gone, but you know who you are.
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Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone fails at something.
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The night has a capacity for terror that the day can never match.
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There are times, Sember, when I could believe your mother had a secret lover. Looking at you makes me wonder if it was one of my goats.
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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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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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May all your dreams but one come true, for what is life without a dream?
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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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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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The point is [...] that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.
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Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.
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