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I want to make my kingdom beautiful, to fill it with fat men and pretty maids and laughing children. I want my people to smile when they see me ride by, the way Viserys said they smiled for my father. (Daenerys)

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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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