"An enemy is like a man's most prized……" — David Gemmell
"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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64 Quotes by David Gemmell
David Gemmell has 64 quotes on this site.
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A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above…
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I make little distinction betwee those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing.
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Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.
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You know how it is. Boy meets girl, girl wants boy dead. An everyday story, really.
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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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This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives.
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Yours is a race whose imagination is limited to its own small appetites. Greed, lust, envy - these are the…
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Many fantasy novels - 'Lord of the Rings', for instance, or 'Lavondyss' by Robert Holdstock - are beautifully written. Geoff…
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One day the enemy will cross the Great Green. They will bring war and tragedy to these eastern lands. Such…
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Our modern world, though infinitely more complex than that of ancient Greece, is also far more superficial. Where the Greeks…
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If you look at any ancient civilization, they've all used fantasy stories to train the young.
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Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do…
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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of…
— Walter Bagehot
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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and…
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why…
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Every day brings new choices.
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The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human…
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