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
Bow to nothing, son. I make mistakes as well as any man. If you think me wrong, be so good as to damn well say so.
Makes no sense to me,' said Huntsekker. 'You don't know who is at your door, but you know the thoughts of a man twenty miles away.' 'Life is a mystery,' said Powdermill, with a gold-toothed grin. 'It is that, right enough,' agreed Huntsekker.
Each man has a breaking point, no matter how strong his spirit. Somewhere, deep inside him, there is a flaw that only the fickle cruelty of fate can find.
A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.
All beauty is sad. For it fades.
A problem shared is a problem doubled.
Life is a struggle, from the agonies of birth to the railing against death. Devour or be devoured. The law of the wild.
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.
An enemy is like a man's most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground.
Some people have a gift for stupidity, an almost mystic ability to withstand any form of logic.
Come back and stand with us, lad. We will all go down together that's what makes us who we are.
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.
The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them.
Your men are brave men, And you have won. I can live with that, Earl of Bronze a poor man would I be if I could not.