Top 60 John Gwynne Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Fight me if you wish, but know this, I am old for a reason.”

— John Gwynne

2. “It will be a dark day, a bloody day, a proud day, for this is the day of our wrath.”

— John Gwynne

3. “Memory is a double-edged sword, Uthas. It can keep you strong through dark times, but it can also cripple you, keep you locked in a moment that no longer exists.”

— John Gwynne

4. “Death is a part of life.”

— John Gwynne

5. “Both the brave man and the coward feel the same. The only difference between them is that the brave man faces his fear, does not run.”

— John Gwynne

6. “Two for vengeance. One for love.”

— John Gwynne

7. “Family. Friendship. Loyalty. These things have been my guiding stars, my light in these dark times.”

— John Gwynne

8. “To my thinking, though, it’s what happens before death that’s important. All of us die. How many really live?”

— John Gwynne

9. “Pride and shame, she thought. Both enemies of a long life. He needs some ice in his blood, to see more clearly.”

— John Gwynne

10. “If you choose not to fight against Asroth, then you have already chosen him. Doing nothing does not absolve you of choice. Doing nothing puts you firmly on Asroth’s side and makes you a coward, as well, for not having the stones to admit it.”

— John Gwynne

11. “Sometimes age doesn’t mellow and soften, sometimes it twists and toughens, squeezing all the kindness out of a soul.”

— John Gwynne

12. “Sometimes the only answer is blood and steel.”

— John Gwynne

13. “How fickle are these men, who are swayed so by a little flattery.”

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14. “There is much in life that is beyond our control, events that sweep us up and along, actions that wrap us tight in their consequences. Stop raging about the things you cannot change. Just be true to yourself and do what you can do. Love those worth loving, and to the Otherworld with the rest of it. That is all any of us can do.”

— John Gwynne

15. “We are just people, all of us the same. Flawed, fragile, stubborn, angry, happy. And life treats no one differently. We are born, and we live, and then we die. It’s what we do while we are here that counts. And if we can be called friend, then we are lucky indeed.”

— John Gwynne

16. “And so many of them gone now. But their memory lives on. We shall never forget.”

— John Gwynne

17. “For whence But from the author of all ill could spring So deep a malice.’ John Milton, Paradise Lost.”

— John Gwynne

18. “So much emotion wrapped up in weakness, leading you to attempt the impossible, lying to yourself, time and time again. Hope, I think you call it.”

— John Gwynne

19. “The mountains were gone, replaced by a lush green vale. A river flowed out of the mountains, twisting in great curves through the vale until it.”

— John Gwynne

20. “Storm. I shall call her Storm.”

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21. “History is of value. If more of us took heed of the mistakes of the past, the future could be a different thing.”

— John Gwynne

22. “You cannot be truly brave unless you feel truly afraid. That’s what courage is. Doing it anyway, even though you’re scared. Sorry, terrified. And you did. You chose to fight. To step into that furnace of blood and madness and pain, and fight. Despite your fear.”

— John Gwynne

23. “Sometimes it’s not about the winning, Con. It’s about how you lose.”

— John Gwynne

24. “I can’t feel my toes,’ she said. ‘Try wiggling them,’ Alcyon said. He was full of helpful advice like that.”

— John Gwynne

25. “This is a world of blood. Of tooth and claw and sharp iron. Of short lives and painful deaths.”

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26. “We are what we choose to be. What makes a king a king? Is there something different about him? Does special, sacred blood run in his veins? No. He is chosen; he believes it, and the people believe. He rises to the task, or he fails it.”

— John Gwynne

27. “We are the Bloodsworn, closer than kin. A brotherhood, a sisterhood: we live and die together.”

— John Gwynne

28. “Whatever your cause, lies are a coward’s way; and they are like poison. They bring death. Death of trust, Ban. Death of honour, death of respect.”

— John Gwynne

29. “Courage is being scared of a task and doing it anyway.”

— John Gwynne

30. “It is a dark world, and dark deeds rule it, drag us down a white-foamed river we cannot resist.”

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31. “This world may be full of greed and tragedy and darkness, but I am fortunate beyond measure to have such people about me.”

— John Gwynne

32. “Keep a close watch on the path you follow, my friend, else one day you will look about you and not know where you are.”

— John Gwynne

33. “Hate?” Thorkel said, raising an eyebrow, onions stuck in his beard. “Hate does no one any good,” he shrugged. “Sometimes killing has to be done, but do not do it with hate in your heart. It will eat at you, like maggots laid beneath the skin.”

— John Gwynne

34. “You cannot be truly brave unless you feel truly afraid.”

— John Gwynne

35. “How can I lead my people when I do not even know the land? By asking for help. Pride can be a poison.”

— John Gwynne

36. “War’s good for business. People get reminded that we’re not here forever – they like to enjoy life a little more, make the most of it.”

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37. “Each small step taken for a greater good, and then before you know it, you have walked a thousand leagues from where you used to be. And how do you return to that place, return to the person you were? Or if you cannot do that, how do you become the person that you wish to be?”

— John Gwynne

38. “Says a lot when you’ve come to trust a crow on matters of life and death.”

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39. “The God-War is coming.”

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40. “Sometimes it is just best to accept what is, and get on with doing.”

— John Gwynne

41. “He does not want to lead, and that is a good start. Only the vain and foolish crave such a responsibility.”

— John Gwynne

42. “I make a choice each and every day... I think on what I have. On what is before me. And they make y heart swell and my head giddy. There is no room left for any dwelling on the past.”

— John Gwynne

43. “You have good friends about you,’ Marrock said. ‘Loyal.”

— John Gwynne

44. “Truth and courage!”

— John Gwynne

45. “Death is a part of life,” Orka whispered into her son’s ear.”

— John Gwynne

46. “Stop raging about the things you cannot change. Just be true to yourself and do what you can do. Love those worth loving, and to the Otherworld with the rest of it. That is all any of us can do.”

— John Gwynne

47. “I am still the Voice, though I do not know who will listen. But if I do not speak, do not write, then there will be nothing for those who follow. All that has happened would be forgotten. And so I shall write a record...”

— John Gwynne

48. “He shook his head, scattering the memories like gathering flies.”

— John Gwynne

49. “Life should be lived, and what is life without heart and passion?”

— John Gwynne

50. “The dead tell no lies.”

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