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Tell Robb that I'm going to command the Night's Watch and keep him safe, so he might as well take up needlework with the girls and have Mikken melt down his sword for horseshoes. - Jon Snow
George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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