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I think my very earliest stories were all intellectual exercises and I was writing from experiences I had never had about characters who were about an inch deep.

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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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We were talking about the prince,' Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss. Arya knew which prince she meant: Joffrey, of course. The tall, handsome one. Sansa got to sit with him at the feast. Arya had to sit with the little fat one. Naturally.
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Some gave me soft words and some blunt, some made excuses, some promises, some only lied. In the end words are just wind.
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You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart.
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He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.
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Tears, she said scornfully to Sansa as the woman was led from the hall. The woman's weapon, my lady mother used to call them. The man's weapon is a sword. And that tells us all you need to know, doesn't it?
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I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.
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Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.
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The heart lies and the head plays tricks on us, but the eyes see true. Look with your eyes. Hear with your ears. Taste with your mouth. Smell with your nose. Feel with your skin. Then comes the thinking, afterward, and in a way knowing the truth.
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O medo corta mais profundamente do que as espadas.
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Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?
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I want to make my kingdom beautiful, to fill it with fat men and pretty maids and laughing children. I want my people to smile when they see me ride by, the way Viserys said they smiled for my father. (Daenerys)
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his snores sounded like ducks mating.
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You do not steal from the dragon, oh, no. The dragon remembers.
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One of your northmen hit me with a morningstar during the battle on the Green Fork. I escaped him by falling off my horse. (Tyrion)
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Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.
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These old knights are more cunning than you think, or they would never have lived to see their first grey hair.
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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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