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My mother raised me to be bold. If I do not go, I will spend the rest of my life wondering what might have happened if I had. If you do go, the rest of your life may be too short for wondering. - Asha & Rodrick

George R. R. Martin

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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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Why ask for truth, Ser Barristan said softly, if you close your ears to it?
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He is a man of the Night's Watch, She thought, as he sang about some stupid lady throwing herself off some stupid tower because her stupid prince was dead. The lady should go kill the ones who killed her prince. Arya Stark (page 514)
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As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black hissed, pale smoke venting from its mouth and nostrils. The other two pulled away from her breasts and added their voices to the call, translucent wings unfolding and stirring the air, and for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.
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Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.
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True knights protect the weak.” He snorted. “There are no true knights, no more than there are gods. If you can’t protect yourself, die and get out of the way of those who can. Sharp steel and strong arms rule this world, don’t ever believe any different.” Sansa backed away from him. “You’re awful.” “I’m honest. It’s the world that’s awful.
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Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.' 'Girls don't shave', Arya said. 'Maybe they should. Have you ever seen the septa's legs?
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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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Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment.
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She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her.
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If half an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion. A man is good or he is evil. (Melisandre of Asshai)
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Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.
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When a man was hurt you took him to the maester, but what could you do when your maester was hurt?
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There are no heroes...in life, the monsters win.
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Better to mock the game than to play and lose.
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...grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.
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Jay wondered how they'd feel the morning they all woke up and realized that somehow Camelot had turned into Mordor.
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We will fight a battle, and then we will rest. Alive or dead, we'll rest. - Jon Snow
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There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings.
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