David Gemmell Quotes - Page 6

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• All beauty is sad. [...] For it fades.

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  Fades

  "Legend". Book by David Gemmell, "Drenai series", Ch. 16, 1984.

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• Blood always aids blood, my friend.

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  Blood, Aids, My Friends

  "Quest for Lost Heroes". Book by David Gemmell, ch. 6, April 12, 1990.

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• In real war an officer may have only one chance at succeeding. Consider each problem.

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  Real, War, May

  "Quest for Lost Heroes". Book by David Gemmell, "Drenai series", Ch. 1, 1990.

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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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  Simple, Views, Evil

  "No shades of grey" by David Gemmell, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2003.

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• Evil will never be countered while good men do nothing.

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  Men, Evil, Good Man

  "Quest for Lost Heroes". Book by David Gemmell, Ch. 10, April 12, 1990.

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• It is a merchant's nature to quibble over coins. It is how we become rich and buy satin shirts. The problems of who governs this area is one for another day.

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  Coins, Another Day, Problem

  "The Swords of Night and Day". Book by David Gemmell, "Drenai series", Ch. 18, 2004.

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• [F]ear is a great ally.

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  Allies, Ears

  David Gemmell (2011). “Legend”, p.53, Hachette UK

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• A man must know his limitations.

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  Men, Knows, Limitation

  David Gemmell (2011). “Legend”, p.75, Hachette UK

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• None of us can choose the manner of our passing.

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  Passing, Passings

  "Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde". Book by David Gemmell, Ch. 10, May 1, 1988.

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• Win or lose, we achieve nothing in the world that we understand [...]' 'But then the world does not matter.' 'Indeed it does not [...] It is good to understand that.

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  Winning, Doe, World

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• No need for confusion, my dear Mulgrave... Beautiful wine and sour vinegar come from exactly the same source. Curiously if one leaves a bottle of wine open for long enough it will become vinegar. Happily in this house wine never survives long enough to go bad.

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  Beautiful, Wine, Long

  "Stormrider". Book by David Gemmell, Ch.7, 2002.

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• Makes no sense to me,' said Huntsekker. 'You don't know who is at your door, but you know the thoughts of a man twenty miles away.' 'Life is a mystery,' said Powdermill, with a gold-toothed grin. 'It is that, right enough,' agreed Huntsekker.

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  Men, Doors, Gold

  "Stormrider". Book by David Gemmell, Ch. 8, 2002.

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• A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.

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  Daughter, Men, Wife

  David Gemmell (2011). “Legend”, p.56, Hachette UK

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• One day the enemy will cross the Great Green. They will bring war and tragedy to these eastern lands. Such is the nature of vile men. Yet we cannot live in dread of them. We cannot hide behind these high walls, our hearts trembling. For that is not life. We must accept the needs and the duties of each day, and face them one at a time.

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  Wall, Fear, War

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• When healers yearn to kill then hope begins to die ... Evil cannot be overcome by evil.

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  Evil, Overcoming, Healer

  "Stormrider". Book by David Gemmell, "Rigante series", Ch. 2, 2002.

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• The point is [...] that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.

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  Lost, Anything Can Happen, Happens

  "Legend". Book by David Gemmell, pt 1: Against the Horde, ch. 15, 1988.

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• It is not hard to change when your biggest problem is whether the weeds prosper in a vegetable patch.

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  Weed, Vegetables, Problem

  "The King Beyond the Gate". Book by David Gemmell, Ch. 7, 1985.

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• Your face may be gone, but you know who you are.

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  Gone, May, Faces

  David Gemmell (2011). “The King Beyond The Gate”, p.221, Hachette UK

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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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  Believe, Thinking

  "The King Beyond the Gate". Book by David Gemmell, "Drenai series", Ch. 24, 1985.

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• Come back and stand with us, lad. We will all go down together that's what makes us who we are.

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  Together, Who We Are, Lad

  David Gemmell (2011). “The King Beyond The Gate”, p.231, Hachette UK

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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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  Men, Ends, Glad

  "Quest for Lost Heroes". Book by David Gemmell, ch. 11, April 12, 1990.

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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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  Boys, Love Is, Blood

  "Quest for Lost Heroes". Book by David Gemmell, Ch. 2, 1990.

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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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  Men, Ninety, Feels

  "The King Beyond the Gate". Book by David Gemmell, Ch. 15, 1985.

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