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None of us can choose the manner of our passing.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
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David Andrew Gemmell
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Too many people go through life without pausing to enjoy what they have.
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Love is for fools. It is a surging of blood in the loins ... there is no mystery, and no magic. Find someone else, my boy.
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A warrior...must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.
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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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War. What was it about the prospect of some bloody enterprises that reduced men to the level of animals?
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A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.
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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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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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The point is [...] that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.
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