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Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation.

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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.
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His sister liked to think of herself as Lord Tywin with teats, but she was wrong. Their father had been as relentless and implacable as a glacier, where Cercei was all wildfire, especially when thwarted.
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There are no men like me. There's only me
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No one who wears a crown is ever safe.
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Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your hands are clean. ~ Lord Petyr Baelish, Littlefinger
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I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to start off with a novel right off, or a trilogy, or even a nine-book series. That's like starting in at rock climbing by tackling Mt. Everest. Short stories help you learn your craft.
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When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.
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It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe... and mine again as she was meant to be. I ask you, Ned, what good is it to wear a crown?
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What do we say to the Lord of Death? Not today.
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We only make peace with our enemies. That's why it's called making peace.
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As we sin, so do we suffer
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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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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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Everyone who isn't us is an enemy. - Cersei
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And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.
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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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Even the sky was grey. Grey and grey and greyer. The whole world grey, everywhere you look, everything grey except the eyes of the bride. The eyes of the bride were brown. Big and brown and full of fear.
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We're setting up mechanisms where we can kill human beings with drones and missiles where you're sitting at a console and pressing the button. We never have to hear their whimpering, or hear them begging for their mother, or dying in horrible realities around us. I don't know if that's necessarily such a good thing.
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I have been despised by better men than you.
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The wildlings seemed to think Ygritte a great beauty because of her hair red hair was rare among the free folk, and those who had it were said to be kissed by fire, which was supposed to be lucky.
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