David Gemmell
David Gemmell
David Andrew Gemmellwas 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 was always a strong heroic theme but nearly always the heroes were flawed in some way. With over one million copies sold, his work continues to sell...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 August 1948
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.
The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.
... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods
You know how it is. Boy meets girl, girl wants boy dead. An everyday story, really.
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.
Steal a loaf of bread and they hang you, steal a land and they'll make you king.
No need for confusion, my dear Mulgrave [...] Beautiful wine and sour vinegar come from exactly the same source. Curiously if one leaves a bottle of wine open for long enough it will become vinegar. Happily in this house wine never survives long enough to go bad.
In my experience all women deserve someone better.
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.
Love is for fools. It is a surging of blood in the loins ... there is no mystery, and no magic. Find someone else, my boy.
Do not expect help.' 'One should always hope.' 'Then hope for a handsome savage with kindly ways.
love is in the eyes, and one woman knows when another woman is in love.
a man can overcome his background, even as he can overcome a skilled opponent.
Too many people go through life without pausing to enjoy what they have.