David Gemmell Quotes

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

~ David Gemmell

A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.

~ David Gemmell

Risks? I have lived with the prospect of assassination for years. What risks? All men die, rich and poor alike. But if I am to die, then let it be while I fight, not like some bullock in a pen waiting for the ax to fall.

~ David Gemmell

Why now? Why not? Live or die, a man and a woman need love. There is a need in the race. We need to share. To belong. Perhaps you will die before the year is out. But remember this: to have may be taken from you, to have had never. Far better to have tasted love before dying, than to die alone.

~ David Gemmell