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Even the sky was grey. Grey and grey and greyer. The whole world grey, everywhere you look, everything grey except the eyes of the bride. The eyes of the bride were brown. Big and brown and full of fear.

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