Only a fool loves war. Or a man who has never seen it. The trouble is that the survivors forget about the… — David Gemmell
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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