“That is why men follow you, though they hate your blood. They trust you”

— David Gemmell , book The King Beyond the Gate

Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 8
Context: When responsibility is thrust upon you, can you run from it? No— you have never and you never will. That is what makes you as you are. That is why men follow you, though they hate your blood. They trust you.

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British author of heroic fantasy 1948–2006

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