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His sister liked to think of herself as Lord Tywin with teats, but she was wrong. Their father had been as relentless and implacable as a glacier, where Cercei was all wildfire, especially when thwarted.

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