# Waylander II

- Author: [David Gemmel](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmel.md)
- Quotes: 15
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmel/waylander-ii

## Quotes

> Constantly at war, the tribesmen fought one another with pitiless ferocity, and only the very strong survived to manhood.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/constantly-at-war.md)

> "You have suffered many wounds." [...] "It shows how many skilled swordsmen there are."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/you-have-suffered.md)

> "Most men mock what they can never aspire to."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/most-men-mock.md)

> The onset of fear makes the simplest actions complex and difficult.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/the-onset-of-fear.md)

> "A methodical people," pulsed the voice of Kesa Khan. "They call themselves civilized because they can build tall castles and pitch their tents with geometric precision, but from here you can see the reality. Ants build in the same way. Are they civilized?"

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/a-methodical-people.md)

> You kol-isha think you know everything. You think the world was created for your pleasure, but you do not understand the land.You sit there and you breathe and you feel the cold earth beneath you,and you notice nothing. And why? Because you live your lives in cities of stone, building walls to keep at bay the spirit of the land. You see nothing. You hear nothing. You feel nothing.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/you-kol-isha-think.md)

> Fear is like a fire in your belly. Controlled, it warms you and keeps you alive. Uncontrolled, it burns and destroys you.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/fear-is-like.md)

> We sit here safe, within a circle of swords held by other men.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/we-sit-here.md)

> "One day you'll find a love, and then we can talk on equal terms. I do not mean that to sound patronizing. You are bright and intelligent. You have courage and wit. But sometimes, it is like trying to describe colors to a blind man. Love, as I hope you will find, has great power. Even death cannot destroy it. And I still love her."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/one-day-youll.md)

> For the lion to to prosper the deer must die. All the world is combat.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/for-the-lion.md)

> Yes, love [...] can heal the wounds of hatred. Love can eradicate lust and greed. Through love a man of evil can come to find repentance and redemption. For the Source abandons no man.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/yes-love-can.md)

> "I thought you were the best," she chided. "Fathers always seem that way," he said dryly. "But no. With bow or knife I am superb. But with the sword? only excellent." "And so modest. Is there anything at which you do not excel?"

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/i-thought-you.md)

> "I don't understand how any man would wish to pursue such a away of life.Causing pain, being hurt, risking death — and for what? so that a crowd of fat-bellied merchants can see blood flow."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/i-dont-understand.md)

> This bow I held had killed many men, and it had power, dread power, in its ebony stock.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/this-bow-i-held.md)

> War is for men, for honor and glory.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/waylander-ii/war-is-for.md)