Quotes by David Gemmell

About David Gemmell:

David Andrew Gemmell was a bestselling British author of heroic fantasy. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Best known for his debut, Legend, Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explore themes of honour, loyalty and redemption. With over one million copies sold, his work continues to sell worldwide.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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 ba...

David Gemmell

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

Love is both wondrous and yet full of peril. Love is a gateway through which hatred - disguised and unrecognized - can pass.

David Gemmell

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

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

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 compas...

David Gemmell

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 ...

David Gemmell

I’ll not let the pair of you charge boldly into wolves’ teeth without me alongside

David Gemmell

Like light and shadow, love and hate were inseparable. One could not exist without the other.

David Gemmell

The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.

David Gemmell

Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change.

David Gemmell

An enemy is like a man's most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground.

David Gemmell

Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.

David Gemmell

She was his north star, the fixed point round which his world turned. For as long as his heart beat, or hers, he believed they would always share a destiny.

David Gemmell

Hate is the father of all evil.

David Gemmell

Fear cannot be trusted...It exaggerates everything. It is both treacherous and dishonest.

David Gemmell

I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.

David Gemmell

... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods

David Gemmell

Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.

David Gemmell

I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf

David Gemmell

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 ...

David Gemmell

Author Bio

  • NameDavid Gemmell
  • DescriptionBritish author of heroic fantasy
  • AliasesDavid Andrew Gemmell; Ross Harding
  • BornAugust 1, 1948
  • DiedJuly 28, 2006
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter