Frasi di David Gemmell
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David Andrew Gemmell è stato uno scrittore britannico.

✵ 1. Agosto 1948 – 28. Luglio 2006

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David Gemmell Frasi e Citazioni

“La creazione richiede tempo e amore, la distruzione solo qualche secondo di follia.”

David Gemmell libro Cuore di corvo

Ravenheart

“Siamo tutti foglie, amico mio. La nostra vita paragonata a quella delle montagne e a quella del mare è niente, qualche battito del cuore e via. Niente di ciò che noi costruiamo dura in eterno.”

David Gemmell libro Midnight Falcon

Midnight Falcon

David Gemmell: Frasi in inglese

“Hold on to your dreams, Kiall. They are more important than you realise.”

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David Gemmell libro Quest for Lost Heroes

Origine: Drenai series, Quest for Lost Heroes, Ch. 5

“War is for men, for honor and glory.”

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David Gemmell libro Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf

Origine: Drenai series, Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf, Ch. 7

“For the lion to to prosper the deer must die. All the world is combat.”

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David Gemmell libro Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf

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Drenai series, Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf

“How do you do it? How do you stay so strong?”

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David Gemmell libro The King Beyond the Gate

"I fake it."
Origine: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 22

“…the baresark loses all fear; his method is all-out attack, and invariably he takes his opponent with him even if he falls.”

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David Gemmell libro Legend

Origine: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 6

“The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all — or there is no danger.”

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David Gemmell libro Stormrider

Origine: Rigante series, Stormrider, Ch. 4

“We all of us carry the seed of evil in our hearts and souls … Even the purest, even the most holy. It is part of the human condition, born in us. We cannot root it out. All that we can do — at best — is to prevent it from germinating.”

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David Gemmell libro The Swords of Night and Day

Origine: Drenai series, The Swords of Night and Day, Ch. 10

“…love is in the eyes, and one woman knows when another woman is in love.”

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David Gemmell libro The King Beyond the Gate

Origine: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 22

“While men compete in war, there will be warriors. While there are warriors, there will be princes among warriors. Among the princes will be kings, and among the kings an emperor.”

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David Gemmell libro Legend

Origine: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 28

“Kings are chosen by the Source, so it is said … Therefore those who fight for the king can be said to be godly. Is that not cause enough?”

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David Gemmell libro Stormrider

Origine: Rigante series, Stormrider, Ch. 2

“[F]ear is a great ally.”

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David Gemmell libro Legend

Origine: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 7

“What I did understand from the rebirth process was that the rebirth reproduced a physical duplicate of the original. But this is my point. It is physical.”

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David Gemmell libro The Swords of Night and Day

What truly makes a man who he is? Is it the strength of his arms, or the courage of his soul? You have your own soul, Harad. You are not Druss. Live your own life."
Origine: Drenai series, The Swords of Night and Day, Ch. 8

“You have suffered many wounds.”

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David Gemmell libro Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf

[...] "It shows how many skilled swordsmen there are."
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Drenai series, Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf

“Look around you - this [land] is cold, inhospitable. Only the strong survive. Here there are no green fields, no verdant pastures. A warrior is old by the time he is thirty. We have no energy to spend on pretty words.”

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David Gemmell libro Quest for Lost Heroes

Origine: Drenai series, Quest for Lost Heroes, Ch. 12

“I understand why some men become soldiers: to protect the nation and all that. But a whole race of people living to be soldiers seems … unhealthy.”

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David Gemmell libro Legend

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Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde

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