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Today I could like anybody," said Rek, smiling. "The sky is clear, the wind is fresh, and life tastes very fine. What will you do now?" "I think I will become a monk and devote my entire life to prayer and good works." "No," said Rek. "I mean, what will you do today?" "Ah! Today I'll get drunk and go whoring," said Bowman."
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David Gemmell |
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Life is a struggle, from the agonies of birth to the railing against death. Devour or be devoured. The law of the wild.
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struggle
life
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David Gemmell |
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A great man once told me there can be no courage without fear
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fear
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David Gemmell |
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Love is both wondrous and yet full of peril. Love is a gateway through which hatred - disguised and unrecognized - can pass.
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hate
emotion
love
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David Gemmell |
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It is said a man doesn't get old while his mother lives. I think it's true. You are always a child in her eyes. It is irritating in the extreme. But you know, when they have gone, you'd give the earth just to hear them treating you like a child once more.
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David Gemmell |
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We cannot hide behind 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.
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David Gemmell |
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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.
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David Gemmell |
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An enemy is like a man's most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground.
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enemy
flowers
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David Gemmell |
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How simple love would be, Younger Brother, if we only had to bestow it on those who deserved it. Yet what would it be worth? If you gave a poor man a silver coin then that would be a gift. If you expected him to pay you back, then that would make it a loan. We do not loan our love, Lantern. We give it freely.
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David Gemmell |
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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.
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good
humanity
motivation
love
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David Gemmell |
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Our lives are spent sailing in the mist, hoping for a burst of sunlight that can make sense of who we are.
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David Gemmell |
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Like light and shadow, love and hate were inseparable. One could not exist without the other.
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love
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David Gemmell |
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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!
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David Gemmell |
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All things that live must die. Man alone it seems lives all his life in the knowledge of death. And yet there is more to life than merely waiting for death. For life to have meaning, there must be a purpose. A man must pass something on - otherwise he is useless. For most men, that purpose revolves around marriage and children who will carry on his seed. For others it is an ideal - a dream, if you like. Each of us here believes in a concept..
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honor
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David Gemmell |
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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.
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war
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David Gemmell |
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No man should ever completely realize his dreams. What else would there then be to live for?
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happiness
life
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David Gemmell |
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Never liked Kolanos. Was at a feast with him one time. Never heard him fart at all. Can't trust a man who doesn't fart at a feast.
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David Gemmell |
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It seems to me, that you people spend a great deal of time talking about honour, but strip away the high sounding words and you are no different from any other race. Family? Has Priam not killed wayward sons? When a king dies do his sons not go to war with one another to succeed him? Men speak of how you reacted to your father's death. They say it was amazing, for you did not order your little brother's execution. Your race thrives on blood..
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war
murder
honour
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David Gemmell |
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In every one of us is the total of all we have ever been, the sullen child, the arrogant youth, the suckling babe. Every fear endured in childhood is lodged somewhere in here.' He tapped his temple. 'And every act of heroism or cowardice, generosity or meanness of spirit.
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David Gemmell |
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Love requires a different kind of courage, Andromache.
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David Gemmell |
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Get rid of your doubts. Yesterday is dead. Past mistakes are like smoke in the breeze.
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David Gemmell |
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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.
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war
life
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David Gemmell |
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All wars are started by angry old men, but they are fought by young men who die for reasons that are beyond them. In the end, the same old men sit around tables and the war ends. Nothing is achieved. Nothing is gained. New faces move into old castles, and the sons of the dead build families ready to feed new battleground graveyards.
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David Gemmell |
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Hatred is like a plague. It is all-consuming, and it springs from man to man.
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David Gemmell |
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So you will not kneel to me?" He said. I will kneel to no man, "She answered, preparing herself for the push that would send her toppling to her death and ready to haul him with her. You interest me, girl. There is no fear in you." Nor in you, apparently, King Priam."
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David Gemmell |
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My point is there will always be vile men, just as there will always be men of kindness and compassion... ...This world is a troubled, savage, place. It would, however, even be more ghastly if only evil men took time to master weapons." - Waylander from the book Hero in the Shadows by David Gemmell"
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David Gemmell |
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We are fighting the greatest war the world has ever seen, and our likely future is death and ruins, and you are thinking about a women you love, instead of making battle plans. If this is what love can do to a man, perhaps you were better off without it. He smiled to himself. I do not believe that, he thought.
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David Gemmell |
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Only a fool loves war," said Calvar, "or a man who has never seen it. The trouble is that the survivors forget about the horrors and remember only the battle lust. They pass on that memory, and other men hunger for it."
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David Gemmell |
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Our souls are but leaves in a storm, and only the gods know where we will come to rest.
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people
life
fait
prophecy
gods
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David Gemmell |
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War is the enemy of civilization. We cannot grow through war, Xander. It drags us down, filling our hearts with hatred and thoughts of revenge.
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David Gemmell |
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It is said that the gates of paradise can only be opened by the tears of those left behind. I do not know whether that be true. It should be, I think.
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David Gemmell |
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We ought to call it something,' said Banokles thoughtfully. 'We can't just keep calling it "that big bastard horse". It ought to have a name.' 'What do you suggest?' - 'Arse Face."
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David Gemmell |
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Be lucky, Xander, and be brave. You will find that bravery and luck are often bedfellows.
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David Gemmell |
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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 pursuit of evil. -The Iron Code of Druss the Legend
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David Gemmell |
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What do all men seek? I want to be happy. I would like a wife and sons one day. But I want them to grow in a land where there is hope for the future, where men do not take to the road. If that is a hopeless dream - and maybe it is - then I will sire no sons. I will wander, and play my harp, and weave my magick until the end.
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David Gemmell |
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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 pursuit of evil. That was the iron code of Druss the Legend.
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David Gemmell |
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My happiness is not in the gift of others. I will be happy or I will not be happy. No man will supply it or deprive me of it.
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David Gemmell |
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I tell you, one more insult and I'll take his curling tongs and ram them so far up his arse he'll be able to curl the damned thing from the inside.
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David Gemmell |
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No man should curse love. Ultimately, love is all there is.
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David Gemmell |
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It is the nature of men to build walls around themselves. They think it will protect them from hurt. It does the opposite. The hurt still gets in, but now it rattles around the walls, unable to get out. So you build more walls. You are now seeing the world without walls. You are free, Ro. Free to hurt and free to heal.
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David Gemmell |
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You can buy gold that is bright as the sun and diamonds as pale as the moon. But you cannot buy the sun. You cannot own the moon." II"
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David Gemmell |
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Most myths contain a grain of truth," said Lantern, warily. "Indeed they do, Younger Brother. Is that why you carry a lock of hair and a fragment of bone within the locket around your neck?" For a moment only, Lantern's sapphire eyes glinted with anger. "You see a great deal, Elder Brother. You see into men's dreams, and you see through metal. Perhaps you should be reading the dreams of the townsfolk." "I know their dreams, Lantern. They wa..
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David Gemmell |
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Once I loved life ad the sun was a golden joy. But joy is sometimes short lived, priest. And when it dies, a man will seek inside himself and ask: Why? Why hate is so much stronger than love? Why the wicked reap such rich rewards? Why do strenght and speed count for more than morality and kindness? And then the man realizes...there are no answers. None. And for the sake of his sanity the man must change perceptions. Once I was a lamb, playi..
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David Gemmell |
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You were a warrior, Lantern. Such men are not renowned for understanding the infinite shades of gray that govern the actions of men. Black and white are your colors." "Scholars tend to overcomplicate matters," said Skilgannon. "If a man runs at you with a sword it would be foolish to spend time wondering what led him to such action. Was his childhood scarred by a cruel father? Did his wife leave him for another man? Was he perhaps misinform..
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David Gemmell |