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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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I was a novelist first. But in the mid 80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to my scripts. People would say, you know, George, this is great. We love it, a terrific script, but it would cost five times our budget to shoot this.
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That little touch is not in the books, but I wish it had been in the books because it was a great addition.
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But what a man can do and what a man will do are two different things, he knew.
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Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to behold.
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You've got a bold tongue, little man. One day, someone is like to cut it out and make you eat it.
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In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining.
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The snow drifted down and down, all in ghostly silence, and lay thick and unbroken on the ground. It was a place of whites and blacks and greys. White towers and white snow and white statues, black shadows and black trees, the dark grey sky above. A pure world, Sansa thought. I do not belong here. Yet she stepped out all the same.
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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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True knights protect the weak.” He snorted. “There are no true knights, no more than there are gods. If you can’t protect yourself, die and get out of the way of those who can. Sharp steel and strong arms rule this world, don’t ever believe any different.” Sansa backed away from him. “You’re awful.” “I’m honest. It’s the world that’s awful.
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The wildlings seemed to think Ygritte a great beauty because of her hair red hair was rare among the free folk, and those who had it were said to be kissed by fire, which was supposed to be lucky.
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The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.
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What do we say to the Lord of Death? Not today.
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A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
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A thousand deaths would still be less than he deserves.
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You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.
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I've always preferred writing about grey characters and human characters. Whether they are giants or elves or dwarves, or whatever they are, they're still human, and the human heart is still in conflict with the self.
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The world is full of cravens who pretended to be heroes.
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Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?
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Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him. (Theon Greyjoy)
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It's not, Mormont told him. Gods save us, boy, you're not blind and you're not stupid. When dead men come hunting in the night, do you think it matters who sits the Iron Throne?
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