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The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.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.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.David Gemmell
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Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows out the candle; a women terrified of the pain of childbirth who says, 'It is time to become a mother'. Heroism does not always live on the battlefield.David Gemmell
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There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.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.David Gemmell
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I shall never love any as I love thee, Moonbrow! ” she cried. He nuzzled her, very gently. “Nor I you, Ryhenna, ” he said. “Tek is my mate. I love her. You are my shoulder-friend, and I love you. I love you both, but differently. And when in a year or two years’ time, you dance court within this glade, it will be with one whom you love in a way entirely other than the way that you love me. I am your companion, your friend, Ryhenna, just as you are always and ever mine. Stand fast with me, ” he said, “and no foe shall ever part us. .Meredith Ann Pierce
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I’ll not let the pair of you charge boldly into wolves’ teeth without me alongsideMeredith Ann Pierce
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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.David Gemmell
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Like light and shadow, love and hate were inseparable. One could not exist without the other.David Gemmell