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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.
George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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Ned was clad in a white linen doublet with the direwolf of Stark on the breast his black wool cloak was fastened at the collar by his silver hand of office. Black and white and grey, all the shades of truth.
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