242 Quotes by David Gemmell

I don’t want eternal life. I want a little joy, a large amount of pleasure, and a swift death once I lose the appetite for either.

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

By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism.

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

Do not complain of life’s unfairness. It is never fair – at best it is impartial.

I know the difference between heroes and cowards. You are a hero. You believe me?’ ‘I don’t feel like a hero,’ Xander admitted. Odysseus tapped the cheekbone under his right eye. ‘This eye is magical, Xander. It is never wrong. Now, I ask again, do you believe me?’ ‘Yes. Yes, of course.’ ‘Then tell me what you are.’ ‘I am a hero.’ ‘Good. When doubt comes, as it always does, remember those words. Say them to yourself. And I will see you again in the spring, if the gods will it.

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

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

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