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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
Ross Harding
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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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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 nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.
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I underestimated you, woman. ... The cry of men down the ages.
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Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change.
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All things are possible, ... Except the passing of regret.
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A warrior...must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.
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In my experience all women deserve someone better.
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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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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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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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Our souls are but leaves in a storm, and only the gods know where we will come to rest.
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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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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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I think maybe it is better to believe than not to believe. But I couldn't tell you why.
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A problem shared is a problem doubled.
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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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