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Plan for the worst, expect the best.

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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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When healers yearn to kill then hope begins to die ... Evil cannot be overcome by evil.
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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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Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.
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Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change.
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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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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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The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.
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