David Gemmell Quotes

• Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods.

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  Topics in Life

• A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Romance

• There’s no shame in fear. But understand this the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.

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  Topics in Fear

• Hate is the father of all evil.

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  Tags in Hate

• Miracles are merely events that happen just when they are needed.

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  Topics in Inspirational

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

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  Topics in Nature

• If there is one sound the follows the march of humanity, it is the scream.

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  Topics in Humanity

• I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf.

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  Topics in Truth

• Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.

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  Topics in Trust

• I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.

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  Topics in Friendship

• Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.

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  Topics in Friendship

• The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.

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  Topics in Truth

• No man should ever completely realize his dreams. What else would there then be to live for?

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Happiness

• I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf.

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  Topics in Truth

• Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.

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  Topics in Death

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David Gemmell (35)

Birth:	1st August, 1948
Death:	28th July, 2006
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Novelist

About

David Andrew Gemmell was born in London, UK. He was a bestselling British novelist, journalist and newspaper editor. He also worked freelance as a stringer for the Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, and Daily Express national newspapers. He went on to write over thirty novels. Gemmell's journalism career overlapped with his career writing novels until the publication of his third novel Waylander in 1986, when he was fired after using colleagues' names for characters in the book. Best known for his debut, Legend, Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explore themes of honour, loyalty and redemption. With over one million copies sold, his work continues to sell worldwide.

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