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1948–2006 England
David Andrew Gemmell (1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a bestselling British author of heroic fantasy. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984.
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By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism.
A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.
The world would be a sad place without mysteries.
In any broth, the scum always rises to the top.
It is a rare man who notices a handsome woman.
I think that for the coward every day carries a kind of death.
It is not hard to change when your biggest problem is whether the weeds prosper in a vegetable patch.
Most wars are fought for greed, but we are luckier here—we fight for our lives and the lives of the people we love.
Steal a loaf of bread and they hang you, steal a land and they'll make you king.
"How do you do it? How do you stay so strong?" "I fake it."
In my experience all women deserve someone better.
A friend in need is a friend to be avoided.
'A man should not risk his life for beauty alone, Kiall, for that fades. You might as well risk it for a rose. Think on it.'
Every man has his own reason for every deed. Usually it is selfish.
One day you'll find a love, and then we can talk on equal terms.
And what is death? an end to trouble. An end to strife and fear.
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.
Love, as I hope you will find, has great power. Even death cannot destroy it.
Any good that I may do, let me do it now, for I may not pass this way again.
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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