“I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for without them we are no more than beasts roaming the land.”

— David Gemmell

Source: Shield of Thunder

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British author of heroic fantasy 1948–2006

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