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David Gemmell Biography

David Andrew Gemmell (/ˈɡɛməl/; 1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut, Legend. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explore themes of honour, loyalty and redemption. There is always a strong heroic theme but nearly always the heroes are flawed in some way. With over one million copies sold, his work continues to sell worldwide.

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You know how it is. Boy meets girl, girl wants boy dead. An everyday story, really.

Boys, Dead, Everyday, Girl, Know

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.

Funny Things, People, Weakness, Thing, Weaknesses, Overgenerous

The night has a capacity for terror that the day can never match.

Capacity, Day, Night, Terror

None of us can choose the manner of our passing.

Choose, Manner, Passing, Passings

Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.

Death, Down, Has Beens, Life, Life Is, Unless

A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness.

Born, Knowledge, Men, Strength, Ultimately, Weakness

Every little bit of good I may do, let me do it now for I may not come this way again.

Come, Good, Littles, May, Way

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.

Evil, Moment, Simple, Spin, Views

You do not convince me. You rationalize your actions and because the result is favorable you become right.

Action, Become, Convince, Favorable, Results

I make little distinction betwee those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing.

Atheism, Distinction, Evil, Fear, Nothing

Liberty is only valued when it is threatened, therefore it is the threat that highlights the value. We should be grateful to the Nadir, since they heighten the value of our liberty.

Grateful, Liberty, Nadir, Threat

May all your dreams but one come true, for what is life without a dream?

Dream, Dreams, May, True, What Is Life

You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy: the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.

Children, Laughter, Sunlight, Survive, Sweet, Wine

Hold on to your dreams, Kiall. They are more important than you realise.

Dream, Hold, Important, Kiall, Realise, Realising

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

Follows, Humanity, March, Sound

Life is not so simple. There are many futures. The life of a single person is like a great tree: every branch, every twig, every leaf is a possible future.

Branches, Like, Person, Simple, Single, Tree

Nothing in life is sure, my son. Except the promise of death.

Son, Promise, Life Is, Life, Nothing

Blood always aids blood, my friend.

Aids, Blood, Friend, My Friends

[H]e who fears to lose will never win.

Winning, Loses, Lose, Win, Fears

a man can overcome his background, even as he can overcome a skilled opponent.

Background, Men, Opponent, Opponents, Overcome, Overcoming

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