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Death haunts everyone and never fails.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
Author
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
Death
Never
Haunts
Fails
Failing
Everyone

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Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.
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All things are possible, ... Except the passing of regret.
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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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This world has few redeeming features, and one is the capacity for people to love one another with great, enduring passion.
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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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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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