“Do not complain of life's unfairness. It is never fair - at best it is impartial.”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lion of Macedon
“Life is not so simple. There are many futures. The life of a single person is like a great tree: every branch, every twig, every leaf is a possible future.”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lion of Macedon
“No man should ever completely realize his dreams. What else would there then be to live for?”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lion of Macedon
“Our souls are but leaves in a storm, and only the gods know where we will come to rest.”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lion of Macedon
“I carry the seeds of your hatred,' he shouted, hurling his words to the winds, 'and I know where
to plant them.'
Yes, he thought, Thebes is the right destination for the Lion of Macedon.”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lion of Macedon
“You are a Chosen Man. You are Parmenion, the Death of Nations. A hundred thousand souls will you
send to the dark river, screaming and wailing, lamenting their fate. It is right and just that you
should know your choices.”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lion of Macedon
“Who do you think you are?' Asiron asked, with a dry humourless laugh. 'I'll tell you who I am,' answered Parmenion, the words of Tamis echoing in his mind. 'I am Parmenion, the Death of Nations.”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lion of Macedon
“Most men just react to circumstances, but thinkers create the circumstances. If”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lion of Macedon
“grinned. ‘Xenophon taught me that victory is achieved by putting the thought of defeat into the heart of your enemy. To him goes the honour.”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lion of Macedon
“A man takes what the gods thrust upon him.”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lion of Macedon
“A servant brought them food and watered wine, and Parmenion sat and listened as Xenophon told of the March to the Sea and the evils that beset the Greeks. He outlined his strategies and his successes, but also talked of his failures and the reasons for them. The hours passed swiftly and Parmenion felt like a man dying of thirst who has found the Well of All Life. He”
― David Gemmell, quote from Lion of Macedon
David Gemmell
Born place: in London, England, The United Kingdom
Born date August 1, 1948
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“I don't do alcohol. Or other people's boyfriends. And don't you forget it.”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Airhead
“Anyone who meets you and doesn't want to get to know you and be part of your life is stupid. I saw it when I was just a kid."
"No. You thought I was a vampire and you wanted to be my friend so I wouldn't eat you."
"Well, that too. But I found out soon enough you weren't a blood sucker and I still licked you.”
― Abbi Glines, quote from Twisted Perfection
“It seemed right to do it this way, because the rite of passage is a magic corridor and so we always provide an aisle - it's what you walk down when you get married, what they carry you down when you get buried. Our corridor was those twin rails, and we walked between them, just bopping along toward whatever this was supposed to mean.”
― Stephen King, quote from The Body
“Sex.
I was going to have sex.
With a boy.
A hot boy.
A hot BRITISH boy.
Or maybe I was going to throw up.
What if I threw up on the hot British boy?
What if I threw up on the hot British boy DURING SEX?”
― Cora Carmack, quote from Losing It
“Сега лежах съвсем изоставен в тази глупава ръждивочервеникава вана, стените на банята бяха облицовани с черни плочки, но ваната, сапуниерката, кранът на душа и дъската на тоалетната чиния бяха ръждивочервени. Липсваше ми гласът на Мари. Докато мислех за нея, изпитах чувството, че тя не може да чете на Цюпфнер дори и библията, без да се чувства предателка и развратница. Тя трябваше да си спомни за хотела в Дюселдорф, където ми беше чела за Соломон и Савската царица, докато заспах преуморен във ваната. Зелените килими в хотелската стая, тъмните коси на Мари, гласът ѝ, после тя ми донесе запалена цигара и аз я целунах.
Лежах покрит до шия със сапунени пяна и мислех за Мари. Тя не можеше да върши нищо с него или при него, без да си спомня за мене. В негово присъствие не можеше да завърти дори капачето на пастата за зъби. Колко често ние двамата бяхме закусвали заедно, бедно или разкошно, набързо или спокойно, прекалено рано призори или късно сутринта, с много мармалад или без никакъв мармалад. Самата представа, че тя закусваше с Цюпфнер всяка сутрин по едно и също време, а след това той тръгваше с колата си за своята католическа канцелария, ме докара почти до молитвено настроение. Молех се никога да не се стига до закуска с Цюпфнер.”
― Heinrich Böll, quote from The Clown
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