David Gemmell Quotes

Death haunts everyone and never fails

I shall die soon ... Here at this Dros. And what will I have achieved in my life? I have no sons nor daughters. No living kin... Few friends. They will say, 'Here lies Druss. He killed many and birthe...

I tell you, one more insult and I’ll take his curling tongs and ram them so far up his arse he’ll be able to curl the damned thing from the inside.

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

Kassandra put her arm around her. One day we will have no bones, the girl said happily, and our dust will swirl among the stars.

Man alone, it seems, lives all his life in the knowledge of death. And yet there is more to life than merely waiting for death. For life to have meaning, there must be a purpose. A man must pass somet...

My dear Hogun, when a woman is beautiful, she comes to expect a certain—how shall I say?—a certain reverence from men. You should have had the good grace to be thunderstruck by her beauty. Stunned int...

The abbot had called her a sweet soul. This was true, but she was also massively irritating. She fussed over Rabalyn as if he was still three years old, and her conversation was absurdly repetitive. E...

War is the enemy of civilization. We cannot grow through war, Xander. It drags us down, filling our hearts with hatred and thoughts of revenge.

A great man once told me there can be no courage without fear, Helikaon said. He was right. Remember that when your belly trembles and your legs grow weak.

And what is a man? He is someone who rises when life has knocked him down. He is someone who raises his fist to heaven when a storm has ruined his crop--and then plants again. And again. A man remains...

Any good that I may do, let me do it now, for I may not pass this way again.

Love was what mattered. Love of one for one. The touching of hands, the touching of hearts. The warmth of belonging, the joy of sharing. There would always be tyrants. Man seemed incapable of existing...

No, but if you will forgive me, let me say this: all children are creatures of joy, and all people are capable of love. You feel you lost everything, but there was a time before your joy when your chi...

You were a warrior, Lantern. Such men are not renowned for understanding the infinite shades of gray that govern the actions of men. Black and white are your colors. Scholars tend to overcomplicate ma...

I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks- Surely it is only with friends that one can be at peace.- It is easier with strangers, for they touch you...

Are you the Deathwalker?’ called the man. ‘Yes.’ ‘You are old and fat. It pleases me.’ ‘Good! Remember that when next we meet, for I have marked you, Loudmouth, and my axe knows the name of your spiri...

Hatred is like a plague. It is all-consuming, and it springs from man to man.

I have discovered in my long life that there are many words and phrases which have more power than any spell of magick. The most well-known of these is, of course, I love you. But by far the most dead...

I still say this is madness,’ whispered Jonat.‘I know – at this moment I’m inclined to agree with you.’‘But we’ll go anyway,’ muttered Jonat. ‘One of these days someone is going to listen to my advice...