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1. "It is hard to be angry when one has seen the sun rise,' she said.It seems to be true,' he admitted. 'I wonder why.'Because it makes one feel so small and insignificant. It has been rising forever and will rise forever no matter what we do or do not do. All our problems are as nothing to the sun." ~ David Gemmell

2. "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." ~ David Gemmell

3. "If there is one sound the follows the march of humanity, it is the scream." ~ David Gemmell

4. "Listen...You could spend a lifetime trying to understand the works of evil men. Their joys are not ours. They love to inflict pain, create suffering, cause harm and death. It empowers them, for beneath the skin they are empty and worthless." ~ David Gemmell

5. "Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change." ~ David Gemmell

6. "I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf" ~ David Gemmell

7. "Do not complain of life's unfairness. It is never fair - at best it is impartial." ~ David Gemmell

8. "Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it." ~ David Gemmell

9. "Yours is a race whose imagination is limited to its own small appetites. Greed, lust, envy - these are the motivating forces of humankind. What redeems you is that in every man and woman there is a seed that can grow to encompass love, joy and compassion. But this seed is never allowed to prosper in fertile ground. It struggles for life among the rocks of your human soul." ~ David Gemmell

10. "Love is both wondrous and yet full of peril. Love is a gateway through which hatred - disguised and unrecognized - can pass." ~ David Gemmell

11. "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." ~ David Gemmell

12. "Miracles are merely events that happen just when they are needed." ~ David Gemmell

13. "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." ~ David Gemmell

14. "You do not convince me. You rationalize your actions and because the result is favorable you become right." ~ David Gemmell

15. "To be truthful i am not entirely sure what people mean when they talk of happiness. There are moments of joy and laughter, the comfort of friendship, but enduring happiness? If it exists i have not found it" ~ David Gemmell

16. "A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity." ~ David Gemmell

17. "The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them." ~ David Gemmell

18. "Our souls are but leaves in a storm, and only the gods know where we will come to rest." ~ David Gemmell

19. "If you look at any ancient civilization, they've all used fantasy stories to train the young." ~ David Gemmell

20. "Many fantasy novels - 'Lord of the Rings', for instance, or 'Lavondyss' by Robert Holdstock - are beautifully written. Geoff Ryman's 'The Child Garden' is exquisite and utterly beguiling. Mervyn Peake's 'Gormenghast' trilogy is an astonishing piece of multi-faceted storytelling. So quality of writing does not condemn the genre." ~ David Gemmell

21. "Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great." ~ David Gemmell

22. "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." ~ David Gemmell

23. "A great man once told me there can be no courage without fear" ~ David Gemmell

24. "I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him." ~ David Gemmell

25. "Our lives are spent sailing in the mist, hoping for a burst of sunlight that can make sense of who we are." ~ David Gemmell

26. "Fear is an aid to the warrior. It is a small fire burning. It heats the muscles, making us stronger. Panic comes when the fire is out of control, consuming all courage and pride." ~ David Gemmell

27. "Hate is the father of all evil." ~ David Gemmell

28. "There is evil in all of us, and it is the mark of a man how he defies the evil within." ~ David Gemmell

29. "Why now? Why not? Live or die, a man and a woman need love. There is a need in the race. We need to share. To belong. Perhaps you will die before the year is out. But remember this: to have may be taken from you, to have had never. Far better to have tasted love before dying, than to die alone." ~ David Gemmell

30. "An enemy is like a man's most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground." ~ David Gemmell

31. "The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it." ~ David Gemmell

32. "In any broth, the scum [politicians] always rises to the top." ~ David Gemmell

33. "Be lucky, Xander, and be brave. You will find that bravery and luck are often bedfellows." ~ David Gemmell

34. "My enemies can soar into the night like invisible demons, conjure wolf creatures from hell, and read minds. On our side is a god that can lead a man to a ferry!" ~ David Gemmell

35. "life without heroic deed is no life at all." ~ David Gemmell

36. "Risks? I have lived with the prospect of assassination for years. What risks? All men die, rich and poor alike. But if I am to die, then let it be while I fight, not like some bullock in a pen waiting for the ax to fall." ~ David Gemmell

37. "A man takes what the gods thrust upon him." ~ David Gemmell

38. "Warriors fear surrender. They are proud and defiant. They will fight to the death for what they believe in. They will struggle to conquer. Love is not about conquest. The truth is a man can only find true love when he surrenders to it. When he opens his heart to the partner of his soul and says: 'here it is! the very essence of me! It is yours to nurture or destroy." ~ David Gemmell

39. "Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat or steal. These things are for lesser men. Protect the weak against the evil strong. And never allow thoughts of gain to lead you into the persuit of evil." ~ David Gemmell

40. "By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highestheroism" ~ David Gemmell

41. "No man should ever completely realize his dreams. What else would there then be to live for?" ~ David Gemmell

42. "What is your name?"Why?"So I can mark your grave..." ~ David Gemmell

43. "... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods" ~ David Gemmell

44. "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." ~ David Gemmell

45. "Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned." ~ David Gemmell

46. "Danger lies in the extreme. A man who is always cruel is evil, a man who is always compassionate will be taken advantage of. It is more a question of balance, or harmony, if you will." ~ David Gemmell

47. "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

48. "We make choices everyday, some of them good, some of them bad. And if we are strong enough - we live with the consequences. To be truthful I am not entirely sure what people mean when they talk of happiness. There are moments of joy and laughter, the comfort of friendship, but enduring happiness? If it exists I have not discovered it." ~ David Gemmell

49. "There is a darkness in you. In all of us, probably. Beasts we keep chained. Ordinary men have to keep the chains strong, for if we let the beast loose then society will turn upon us with fiery vengeance. Kings though...well, who is there to turn upon them? So the chains are made of straw. It is the curse of kings, Helikaon, that they can become monsters. And they invariably do." ~ David Gemmell

50. "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." ~ David Gemmell

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