Literary Birthday – 1 August – David Gemmell
David Gemmell was born 1 August 1948 and died 28 July 2006.
David Gemmell Quotes
- Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.
- Some people have a gift for stupidity, an almost mystic ability to withstand any form of logic.
- Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.
- 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 deadly is, if only. For these two words can strip a man’s strength, his courage and his confidence. They become the father of regret and anguish and pain.
- Do not complain of life’s unfairness. It is never fair – at best it is impartial.
- If you look at any ancient civilization, they’ve all used fantasy stories to train the young.
- This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives.
- Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
David Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy. He was best known for his debut novel, Legend. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Gemmell’s novels included morally grey heroes, pacey action scenes, and themes of honour, courage and redemption. According to The Guardian: ‘Gemmell once summed up the content of his novels with these words: “Love, friendship, honour, courage and redemption”.’
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