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I underestimated you, woman. ... The cry of men down the ages.

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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
Men
Underestimated
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Cry
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Woman

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Our modern world, though infinitely more complex than that of ancient Greece, is also far more superficial. Where the Greeks offered simple psychological training, we live in an age of style and spin in which perceptions of good and evil slither and shift with the political view of the moment.
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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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... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods
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Every man has his own reason for every deed. Usually it is selfish.
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She was his north star, the fixed point round which his world turned. For as long as his heart beat, or hers, he believed they would always share a destiny.
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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 make little distinction between those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing.
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Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.
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When healers yearn to kill then hope begins to die ... Evil cannot be overcome by evil.
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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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Kings are chosen by the Source, so it is said. [...] Therefore those who fight for the king can be said to be godly. Is that not cause enough?
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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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Love is a mystery. We embrace it where we can. Mostly we do not choose whom we love. It just happens. A voice speaks to us, in ways the ears cannot hear. We recognize a beauty the eye does not see. We experience a change in our hearts that no voice can describe.
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