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It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe... and mine again as she was meant to be. I ask you, Ned, what good is it to wear a crown?

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