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There are no happy endings.

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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The Beauty raised her eyes, the only part of her that was truly beautiful.
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We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang.
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I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.
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The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.
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If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him--valar morghulis.
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She should be on a hill somewhere, under a fruit tree, with the sun and clouds above her and the rain to wash her clean.
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Black moleskin gloves covered his hands the right because it was burned, the left because a man felt half a fool wearing only one glove.
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Ser Jaime? Even in soiled pink satin and torn lace, Brienne looked more like a man in a gown than a proper woman.I am grateful, but...you were well away. Why come back? A dozen quips came to mind, each crueler than the one before, but Jaime only shrugged. I dreamed of you, he said.
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Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading.
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When we speak of the morrow nothing is ever certain.
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When treating with liars, even an honest man must lie.
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The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.
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I had these cheap alien toys and I made up stories for them. They were space pirates. They didn’t have names so I made up names. These were the first stories I wrote. Even as a little kid I was thinking about torture.
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Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is dark and full of terrors, save us from the scary things, and blah blah blah some more.
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Great wrongs have been done you, but the past is dust. The future may yet be won.
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Robb: Uncle Benjen said to send you to the stables if I saw you. Jon: I have one more farewell to make. Robb: Then I haven't seen you.
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So young, said Wyman Manderly, Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would've grown up to be a Frey.
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I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.
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I heard of a man who had a razor made of Valyrian steel. He cut his head off trying to shave.
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