Top 60 John Gwynne Quotes (2024 Update)

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

— John Gwynne

2. “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

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

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4. “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.”

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5. “Two for vengeance. One for love.”

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

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

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8. “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.”

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

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

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11. “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

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

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13. “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.”

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

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

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16. “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.”

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

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18. “Storm. I shall call her Storm.”

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19. “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.”

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20. “Death is a part of life.”

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21. “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.”

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

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

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

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25. “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.”

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26. “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.”

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

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28. “Truth and courage!”

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

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30. “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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31. “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.”

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32. “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...”

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

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

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

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36. “The dead tell no lies.”

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37. “There was wealth to be had in death-dealing.”

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38. “And for the first time in an age he felt a glimmer of something stir deep inside. He felt of value.”

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39. “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?”

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40. “My da used to tell me, don’t hit if you can help it, but if you have to, hit fast, and hit hard.”

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

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42. “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.”

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43. “If more made that choice, in their head and hearts, to live a peaceful life with those they love and value, and just allow others to do the same.”

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

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45. “When Gods go to war, it is no small thing.”

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46. “There is a hole in your heart, an empty space. You must fill it with meaning. You need a cause to live for, to fight for, perhaps to die for.”

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47. “Should have. Forget that. There is only now, and what happens next.”

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48. “Make your choice, fat man,” Halja said. “Life or death?” Sighvat laughed again. “Who do you think you are, the Skullsplitter?”

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49. “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.”

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50. “He had done things, aye, hard things, but right oft depended on whose side you were on.”

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