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I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks.

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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Stranger
Friends
Lying
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Masks
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Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone fails at something.
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None of us can choose the manner of our passing.
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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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Death haunts everyone and never fails.
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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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I underestimated you, woman. ... The cry of men down the ages.
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Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
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Hold on to your dreams, Kiall. They are more important than you realise.
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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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It's a funny thing about weaknesses....Most people will tell you they know their weaknesses. When asked, they'll tell you, 'Well for one thing, I'm overgenerous.' ... that's what innkeepers are for.
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