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They say it grows so cold up here in winter that a man’s laughter freezes in his throat and chokes him to death,” Ned said evenly. “Perhaps that is why the Starks have so little humor.
George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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