Lauren

“Hate them? A man might as well hate the sea for the friends who have drowned in it. No, boy, I don't hate them. I don't know them all, and it is a principle of mine never to hate a man I do not know.”
― David Gemmell, Ravenheart

“It is hard to be angry when one has seen the sun rise,' she said.
It seems to be true,' he admitted. 'I wonder why.'
Because it makes one feel so small and insignificant. It has been rising forever and will rise forever no matter what we do or do not do. All our problems are as nothing to the sun.”
― David Gemmell, Sword in the Storm

“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, The Shadow of the Gods