Bow to nothing, son. I make mistakes as well as any man. If you think me wrong, be so good as to damn well… — David Gemmell

Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.

“I understand why some men become soldiers: to protect the nation and all that. But a whole race of people living to be soldiers seems … unhealthy. Does that sound right?”“Indeed it sounds right. But the northern steppes make poor farmland. Mainly they breed goats and ponies. Any luxuries they desire, they must steal.”

[H]e who fears to lose will never win.