Each man has a breaking point, no matter how strong his spirit. Somewhere, deep inside him, there is a flaw that only the fickle cruelty of fate can find.
David Gemmell
Now the screams were awful to hear as men burned like candles all along the deck. Black smoke billowed over the sea. Argurios could not believe what he was watching. At least fifty helpless men were dying in agony. One man managed to free himself and leap into the sea. Amazingly, when he surfaced the flames were still consuming him. All along the beach there was silence as the stunned crowd watched the magical fires burning the galley and it's crew.
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There is evil in all of us, and it is the mark of a man how he defies the evil within.
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Makes no sense to me,' said Huntsekker. 'You don't know who is at your door, but you know the thoughts of a man twenty miles away.' 'Life is a mystery,' said Powdermill, with a gold-toothed grin. 'It is that, right enough,' agreed Huntsekker.
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Why do they do it? Whispered Horeb. Their eyes, you mean? Said Rek. Yes. How can a man put out his own eyes? Damned if I know. They say it aids their visions. Sounds about as sensible as cutting off your staff in order to aid your sex life.
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A man cannot spend his life worrying about the unexpected.
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I don't know yet whether I fully believe in fate, but certain things do happen in a man's life that he cannot explain.
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A man should not risk his life for beauty alone, Kiall, for that fades. You might as well risk it for a rose. Think on it.
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Only a fool loves war. Or a man who has never seen it. The trouble is that the survivors forget about the horrors and remember only the battle lust. They pass on that memory, and other men hunger for it.
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Never be glad that another man has died. Not ever. It never ends. Never.. Ever.. Be glad to kill.
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There are many forms of cowardice, Chareos. One man can face a score of enemies with a sword, but not a sickness which paralyses him. Another can face death with a smile, yet fear the years of hardship and toil which are living. Are you a coward?
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Live or die, a man and a woman need love. There is a need in the race. We need to share. To belong. Perhaps you will die before the year is out. But remember this: to have may be taken from you, to have had never. It is far better to have tasted love before dying than to die alone.
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A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.
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A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness..
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No one can take away the freedom of a man's soul.
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