David Gemmell Quotes About Joy

Quotes about: Joy

• Not one of the creatures of blood can escape death. We all face it, and succumb to it. It follows us like a dark shadow. Yet if we live in terror of it, then we do not live at all. Yes we are born alone, and yes we will die alone. But in between, Tae, we live. We know joy.

  David Gemmell

  Dark, Blood, Joy

• To be truthful i am not entirely sure what people mean when they talk of happiness. There are moments of joy and laughter, the comfort of friendship, but enduring happiness? If it exists i have not found it

  David Gemmell

  Laughter, Mean, People

  David Gemmell (2005). “Lord of the Silver Bow”, Bantam Press

• An enemy is like a man's most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground.

  David Gemmell

  Flower, Men, Joy

• You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy: the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.

  David Gemmell

  Sweet, Laughter, Children

  "Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde". Book by David Gemmell, Ch. 18, 1984.

• 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

  Struggle, Men, Compassion

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