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The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write, be that fantasy, SF, comic books, whatever. You need to read everything.
George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy. But, I wanted to put a somewhat different spin on it. The whole trope of absolute good versus absolute evil, which was wonderful in the hands of J.R. Tolkien, became cliche and rote in the hands of the many Tolkien imitators that followed.
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she would die as she had lived, with an axe in her hand and a laugh upon her lips.
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You do not steal from the dragon, oh, no. The dragon remembers.
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Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?
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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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It was that white cloak that soiled me, not the other way around.
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Wisdom oft comes from the mouth of babes.
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It was astonishing to see how angry Cersei could wax over accusations she knew perfectly well to be true.
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Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.
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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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Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward.
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All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it... though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces. (a servant in the House of Black and White)
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When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh loses all its power to hurt you.
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Sam loved to listen to music and make his own songs, to wear soft velvets, to play in the castle kitchen beside the cooks, drinking in the rich smells as he snitched lemon cakes and blueberry tarts. His passions were books and kittens and dancing, clumsy as he was.
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The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont
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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
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We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.
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Faith is like porridge. Better with milk and honey.
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Mothers. The man made a word sound like a curse. I think birthing does something to your minds. You are all mad.
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Nothing someone says before the word 'but' really counts.
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