Dark Moon Quotes

“Heroes 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, Dark Moon

“There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.”
― David Gemmell, Dark Moon

“Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change.”
― David Gemmell, Dark Moon

“The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.”
― David Gemmell, Dark Moon

“Life is a struggle, from the agonies of birth to the railing against death. Devour or be devoured. The law of the wild.”
― David Gemmell, Dark Moon

“Like light and shadow, love and hate were inseparable. One could not exist without the other.”
― David Gemmell, Dark Moon

“Love is both wondrous and yet full of peril. Love is a gateway through which hatred - disguised and unrecognized - can pass.”
― David Gemmell, Dark Moon

“Yours is a race whose imagination is limited to its own small appetites. Greed, lust, envy - these are the motivating forces of humankind. What redeems you is that in every man and woman there is a seed that can grow to encompass love, joy and compassion. But this seed is never allowed to prosper in fertile ground. It struggles for life among the rocks of your human soul.”
― David Gemmell, Dark Moon

“How many hopes and dreams are trapped within these bones? How many wonders lie never to be discovered? This is what war is. Desolation, despair and loss. There are no victors.”
― David Gemmell, Dark Moon

“No man should curse love. Ultimately, love is all there is.”
― David Gemmell, Dark Moon