Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The King Beyond the Gate, by David Gemmell

"How sad. Surely it is only with friends that one can e at peace."
"It is easier with strangers, fro they touch your life but for an instant. You will not disappoint them, for you owe them nothing; neither do they expect anything. Friends you can hurt, for they expect everything."
~Renya and Tenaka Khan, pg. 18

"This grimy little war is meaningless against the vast scope of human endeavor. Don't you think these mountains have seen it all before? Does it matter that we may all die tomorrow? Will the world spin any less fast? Will the stars shine any more brightly? In a hundred years not a man here today will still be alive. Will that matter?"
~Abaddon, pg. 125

"Evil lives in a pit. If you want to fight it, you must climb down in the slime to do so. White cloaks show the dirt more than black, and silver tarnishes."
~Decado "The Ice Killer", pg. 127

"Men were so stupid; they didn't understand the reality of life at all. 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 without them. For without tyrants there would be no heroes. And man could not live without heroes."
~Renya, pg. 195

"A man makes mistakes, but he lives by them. Foolish it may be on occasion, but in the main it is the only way to live. We are what we say only so long as our words are iron."
~Tenaka Khan, pg. 236

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