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In any broth, the scum always rises to the top.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
Author
Writer
London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
Broth
Scum
Rises
Always

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I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks.
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Hold on to your dreams, Kiall. They are more important than you realise.
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Why now? Why not? Live or die, a man and a woman need love. There is a need in the race. We need to share. To belong. Perhaps you will die before the year is out. But remember this: to have may be taken from you, to have had never. Far better to have tasted love before dying, than to die alone.
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No one can take away the freedom of a man's soul.
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Evil will never be countered while good men do nothing.
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A problem shared is a problem doubled.
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When healers yearn to kill then hope begins to die ... Evil cannot be overcome by evil.
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How many hopes and dreams are trapped within these bones? How many wonders lie never to be discovered? This is what war is. Desolation, despair and loss. There are no victors.
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Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.
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Foolish: It's all foolish. Life is a farce a stupid, sickening farce played out by fools.
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This world has few redeeming features, and one is the capacity for people to love one another with great, enduring passion.
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Evil lives in a pit. If you want to fight it – you must climb down in the slime to do so.
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I underestimated you, woman. ... The cry of men down the ages.
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You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy: the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.
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Your face may be gone, but you know who you are.
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I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.
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