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I have climbed these steps so often I know each one by name.
George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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As a writer, my goal, (which I'm never going to achieve, and I know that, and no writer can achieve that,) but my goal is to make you almost live the books. I want you to fall through that page and feel as if these things are happening to you.
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The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.
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Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.
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The Gods give with one hand and take with the other.
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Fear cuts deeper than swords.
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I could have written a story about a well-adjusted family. Ned Stark comes down to King’s Landing and takes over and solves all their problems. Would that have been as exciting?
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We know truth for the cruel instrument it is. Beauty is infinitely preferable to truth.
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I have a hole where my heart should be, she thought, and nowhere else to go.
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The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.
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He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.
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I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy. But, I wanted to put a somewhat different spin on it. The whole trope of absolute good versus absolute evil, which was wonderful in the hands of J.R. Tolkien, became cliche and rote in the hands of the many Tolkien imitators that followed.
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The eunuch had looked death in the face, so near he might have kissed her on the lips.
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Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.
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The white horse and the black one wheeled like lovers at a harvest dance, the riders throwing steel in place of kisses.
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I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of these days, but I'll probably never get to them.
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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 High Septon once told me that as we sin, so do we suffer.
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Jon shrugged. 'Girls get the arms but not the swords. Bastards get the swords but not the arms. I did not make the rules, little sister.
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Is it so far from madness to wisdom? - Daenerys Targaryen
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I think my very earliest stories were all intellectual exercises and I was writing from experiences I had never had about characters who were about an inch deep.
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