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All things are possible, ... Except the passing of regret.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
Author
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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Regret
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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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... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods
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Blood always aids blood, my friend.
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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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If there is one sound the follows the march of humanity, it is the scream.
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