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David Gemmell was a British fantasy author renowned for his heroic and epic novels. His works, especially the Drenai series, are celebrated for their exploration of courage, honor, and redemption. He is remembered as a master storyteller who reshaped modern heroic fantasy. Here are 224 of his quotes:

[F]ear is a great ally. (David Gemmell)

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

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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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We will all go down together-that's what makes us who we are.

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By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism.

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... a man can overcome his background, even as he can overcome a skilled opponent.

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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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All things are possible, ... Except the passing of regret.

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We are full of dreams [...] We long for the unattainable. We believe in the nonsense of fables. There is no pure love; there is lust and there is need.

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A man should be free to do what he wants to do, as long as it doesn't hurt others.

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"... But men don't come in just two groups, one of gold and the other of lead. They are a mix of both." "And what about women?" "Pure gold, my girl," Rayvan answered with a chuckle. (David Gemmell)

I think maybe it is better to believe than not to believe. But I couldn't tell you why.

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I don't know yet whether I fully believe in fate, but certain things do happen in a man's life that he cannot explain.

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

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We like to think of life as a constant ... Yet it can be ended in a heartbeat.

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

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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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We all have scars [...] Better by far for them to be worn on the outside.

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...the baresark loses all fear; his method is all-out attack, and invariably he takes his opponent with him even if he falls.

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The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all - or there is no danger.

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...love is in the eyes, and one woman knows when another woman is in love. (David Gemmell)

I am not going to talk about patriotism, duty, liberty, and the defense of freedom - because that's all dung to a soldier.

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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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‘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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A lovers' spat," he said. "You know how it is. Boy meets girl, girl wants boy dead. An everyday story, really.

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David Gemmell

Occupation: British Author
Born: August 1, 1948
Died: July 28, 2006
Quotes count: 224
Wikipedia: David Gemmell

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