David Gemmell Quotations

Warriors fear surrender. They are proud and defiant. They will fight to the death for what they believe in. They will struggle to conquer. Love is not about conquest. The truth is a man can only find true love when he surrenders to it. When he opens his heart to the partner of his soul and says: 'here it is! the very essence of me! It is yours to nurture or destroy.

If you look at any ancient civilization, they've all used fantasy stories to train the young.

Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.

When healers yearn to kill then hope begins to die ... Evil cannot be overcome by evil.

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

I don't give a damn, laddie. Until the actual moment, when they cut me down, I shall still be looking to win. And the gods of war are fickle at best.

No one can take away the freedom of a man's soul.

The point is [...] that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.

They dont understand what real treasure is. They see it in gold and copper, and tin. They see in herds of horses or cattle. They gather treasures to themselves, building great storehouses, which they guard ferociously. Then they die. What good is it then?

I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks..