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a man who hates music can’t be trusted, I always say.

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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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Will holding a secret in your heart make it any less true? If you never tell, never speak of it, will it become only a dream, less than a dream, a nightmare half-remembered? Oh, if only the gods would be so good. (Catelyn)
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When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh loses all its power to hurt you.
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Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.
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Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but they refuse. They cling to the realm, or the gods, or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.
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