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Ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.
George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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For herself, she wanted sleet and ice, howling winds, thunder to shake the very stones of the Red Keep. She wanted a storm to match her rage.
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The man who fears losing has already lost.
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Jon shrugged. 'Girls get the arms but not the swords. Bastards get the swords but not the arms. I did not make the rules, little sister.
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...and when you’ve known me longer, you’ll learn that I mean everything I say.” “Even the lies?” “Especially the lies.
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My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.
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I suppose I'm a lapsed Catholic. You would consider me an atheist or agnostic.
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