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Plan for the worst, expect the best.

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
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David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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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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I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.
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It is a merchant's nature to quibble over coins. It is how we become rich and buy satin shirts. The problems of who governs this area is one for another day.
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If there is one sound the follows the march of humanity, it is the scream.
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Most wars are fought for greed, but we are luckier here we fight for our lives and the lives of the people we love.
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I think maybe it is better to believe than not to believe. But I couldn't tell you why.
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Blood always aids blood, my friend.
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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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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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... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods
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It is hard to be angry when one has seen the sun rise,' she said. It seems to be true,' he admitted. 'I wonder why.' Because it makes one feel so small and insignificant. It has been rising forever and will rise forever no matter what we do or do not do. All our problems are as nothing to the sun.
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A man must know his limitations.
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This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives.
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Every man has his own reason for every deed. Usually it is selfish.
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The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.
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Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change.
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A man cannot spend his life worrying about the unexpected.
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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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Many fantasy novels - 'Lord of the Rings', for instance, or 'Lavondyss' by Robert Holdstock - are beautifully written. Geoff Ryman's 'The Child Garden' is exquisite and utterly beguiling. Mervyn Peake's 'Gormenghast' trilogy is an astonishing piece of multi-faceted storytelling. So quality of writing does not condemn the genre.
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I make little distinction between those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing.
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