David Gemmell quotes - page 5

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. (David Gemmell)
Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.
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I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.
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What is your name?" Why?" So I can mark your grave.
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Miracles are merely events that happen just when they are needed.
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If there is one sound the follows the march of humanity, it is the scream.
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Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
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Hate is the father of all evil.
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I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf.
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You do not convince me. You rationalize your actions and because the result is favorable you become right.
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The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them. (David Gemmell)
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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This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives.
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I am not a hero; I am a soldier. When the battle is lost, I retreat and regroup; when the war is over, I lay down my sword. No last dashing charge; no futile last stand!
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Some of you are probably thinking that you may panic and run. You will not! Others are worried about dying. Some of you will. But all men die. No one ever gets out of this life alive.
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There are many forms of cowardice, Chareos. One man can face a score of enemies with a sword, but not a sickness which paralyses him. Another can face death with a smile, yet fear the years of hardship and toil which are living. Are you a coward?
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Fear is like a fire in your belly. Controlled, it warms you and keeps you alive. Uncontrolled, it burns and destroys you.
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The onset of fear makes the simplest actions complex and difficult.
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It is a rare man who notices a handsome woman.
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I do not mock men who have faith. It goves them comfort, and oft times leads them to help others. Yet I have also seen great evils done in the name of the Source. And never have I witnessed a miracle. Until I do I shall remain sceptical.
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Constantly at war, the tribesmen fought one another with pitiless ferocity, and only the very strong survived to manhood. (David Gemmell)
A friend in need is a friend to be avoided.
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Aye, it is hard when those we love leave the world. No denying it.
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Only a fool loves war. Or a man who has never seen it. The trouble is that the survivors forget about the horrors and remember only the battle lust. They pass on that memory, and other men hunger for it.
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I don't pray, Master Ring. I act.
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