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Your face may be gone, but you know who you are.

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
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Faces
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Gone

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You are getting too old for this. A man is as old as he feels, woman! And how old do you feel? About ninety.
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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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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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Our souls are but leaves in a storm, and only the gods know where we will come to rest.
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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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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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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 don't give a damn, laddie. Until the actual moment, when they cut me down, I shall still be looking to win. And the gods of war are fickle at best.
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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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love is in the eyes, and one woman knows when another woman is in love.
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The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them.
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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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The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.
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She was his north star, the fixed point round which his world turned. For as long as his heart beat, or hers, he believed they would always share a destiny.
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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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None of us can choose the manner of our passing.
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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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