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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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We sit here safe, within a circle of swords held by other men.
David Gemmell
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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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'One day you'll find a love, and then we can talk on equal terms. I do not mean that to sound patronizing. You are bright and intelligent. You have courage and wit. But sometimes, it is like trying to describe colors to a blind man. Love, as I hope you will find, has great power. Even death cannot destroy it. And I still love her.'
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All men have talents. Some build, some paint, some write, some fight. For me it is different.
David Gemmell -
He who fears to lose will never win.
David Gemmell -
No one can take away the freedom of a man's soul.
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Be at peace, my friend. One thing I have learnt about Death is that his bark is worse than his bite.
David Gemmell
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I don't give a damn, laddie. Until the actual moment, when they cut me down, I shall still be looking to win. And the gods of war are fickle at best.
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Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.
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A man cannot spend his life worrying about the unexpected.
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It's a funny thing about weaknesses....Most people will tell you they know their weaknesses. When asked, they'll tell you, 'Well for one thing, I'm overgenerous.' ... that's what innkeepers are for.
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A man must know his limitations.
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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.
David Gemmell
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The onset of fear makes the simplest actions complex and difficult.
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None of us can choose the manner of our passing.
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All beauty is sad. For it fades.
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'I don't understand how any man would wish to pursue such a away of life.Causing pain, being hurt, risking death - and for what? so that a crowd of fat-bellied merchants can see blood flow.'
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The point is ... that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.
David Gemmell -
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.
David Gemmell
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A problem shared is a problem doubled.
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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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When your life has been spent in one war after another for forty-five years, you have to be pretty handy to survive.
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Self-preservation is a paramount desire in all of us. Good and evil are interchangeable. When the wolves pull down a fawn I don't doubt the doe would consider it an evil act. For the wolves it is a necessity, and they would see the arrival of fresh meat as good.
David Gemmell