An enemy is like a man's most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground.
David GemmellNothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.
David GemmellLove is both wondrous and yet full of peril. Love is a gateway through which hatred - disguised and unrecognized - can pass.
David GemmellHeroes 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 battlefield.
David Gemmell