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The singers make much of kings who die valiantly in battle, but your life is worth more than a song.
George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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She narrowed her eyes. “What is our heart’s desire?” “Vengeance.” His voice was soft, as if he were afraid that someone might be listening. “Justice.” Prince Doran pressed the onyx dragon into her palm with his swollen, gouty fingers, and whispered, “Fire and blood.
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Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night.
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Knowledge is a Weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to Battle.
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The truth is all around you, plain to behold. The night is dark and full of terrors, the day bright and beautiful and full of hope. One is black, the other white. There is ice and there is fire. Hate and love. Bitter and sweet. Male and female. Pain and pleasure. Winter and summer. Evil and good. Death and life. Everywhere, opposites.
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