Points of View
It can take strength to be gentle.
It can take a lifetime to become wise.
It can be prudent to be silent.
It is not always deceitful to tell lies.
There is no such thing in this life as a cast-iron guarantee.
There is no such thing as an unchanging state of affairs.
It is better to be humble than to be conceited.
It is better to save a life than be plagued by nightmares.
Remember the words:—there but for the grace of God go I.
Treat others how you would have them treat you.
The aforementioned is not the way of life for everyone,
But remember, there are more vicious animals on two legs than all the animals locked inside a zoo.
© 2023 Daniel Kemp All rights reserved
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About Daniel Kemp
Daniel Kemp is a seventy-four-year-old member of The Society of Authors. He is also a bestselling writer. He writes stories that appeal to those who like challenging themselves to solve mysteries that are set out before their eyes.
His introduction to the world of espionage and mystery happened at an early age when his father was employed by the War Office in Whitehall, London, at the end of WWII. However, it wasn’t until after his father died that he showed any interest in anything other than himself!
On leaving academia he took on many roles in his working life: a London police officer, mini-cab business owner, pub tenant and licensed London taxi driver, but never did he plan to become a writer. Nevertheless, after a road traffic incident left him suffering from PTSD and effectively—out of paid work for four years, he wrote and self-published his first novel —The Desolate Garden.
Within three months of publication, that book was under a paid option to become a $30 million film. The option lasted for six years until distribution became an insurmountable problem for the production company.
All ten of his novels are now published by Next Chapter Publishing Company which has added an edition titled The Heirs And Descendants Collection, which holds all four books of that series, alongside an edition titled The Lies And Consequences Collection which contains all four volumes of that series.
He is the recipient of rave reviews from a prestigious Manhattan publication and described as—the new Graham Green—by a highly placed executive of Waterstones Books, for whom he did a countrywide tour of book signing events. He has also appeared on 'live' television in the UK publicising his first novel.
He likes to write quotes and it's on Goodreads where you can find them--- https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/list/72612151 An example of these quotes opens his novel--Once I Was A Soldier:--There is no morality to be found in evil. But to recognise that which is truly evil one must forget the rules of morality.
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Your last line really resonates with me, Danny. An excellent poem.
That’s very kind of you, Robbie, thank you.
Enjoyed the read, …Reminded me of Mrs DoAsYouWouldBeDoneBy, …(The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley) at the end, …A well loved book I read in childhood.,…. ✨🙏✨
That’s very kind. Thank you!
Truest words Danny 🙂
I try my best 😛