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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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An honest kiss, a little kindness, everyone deserves that much, however big or small.
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There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we know better. Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at all the beauty in the world? Only a monster god, a demon of the darkness.
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If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells." —Prince Oberyn of Dorne.
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I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,... Half of them don't dare tell me the truth, and the other half can't find it.
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All that Syrio Forel had taught her went racing through her head. Swift as a deer. Quiet as shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Then man who fears losing has already lost. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords.
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The pale pink light of dawn sparkled on branch and leaf and stone. Every blade of grass was carved from emerald, every drip of water turned to diamond. Flowers and mushrooms alike wore coats of glass. Even the mud puddles had a bright brown sheen. Through the shimmering greenery, the black tents of his brothers were encased in a fine glaze of ice. So there is magic beyond the Wall after all.
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I've been killing characters my entire career, maybe I'm just a bloody minded bastard, I don't know, [but] when my characters are in danger, I want you to be afraid to turn the page (and to do that) you need to show right from the beginning that you're playing for keeps.
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If there are gods, why is the world so full of pain and injustice?' 'Because of men like you.
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I love you too, sweet sister. But you're a fool. A beautiful golden fool.
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And all was black and still, and black and cold, and black and dead, and black.
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They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it.
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In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness.
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Gods be good, why would any man ever want to be king? When everyone was shouting King in the North, King in the North, I told myself... swore to myself... that I would be a good king, as honorable as Father, strong, just, loyal to my friends and brave when I faced my enemies... now I can't even tell one from the other.
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Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?
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Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen. (Daenerys)
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Little redcape," he snarled, "when next you bare steel on Shagga son of Dolf, I will chop off your manhood and roast it in the fire." "What, no goats?" Tyrion said, taking a bite of his cheese.
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All men carry murder in their hearts, yet even so, the poisoner is beneath contempt.
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They hate you because you act like you're better than they are
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I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.
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A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.
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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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Great wrongs have been done you, but the past is dust. The future may yet be won..
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Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK.
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Anger was better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt.
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Born:
September 20, 1948
(age 75)
Bio:
George Raymond Richard Martin, often referred to as GRRM, is an American novelist and short story writer in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres, a screenwriter, and television producer.
Known for:
A Game of Thrones (1996)
The Winds of Winter
A Dance With Dragons (2011)
A Feast for Crows (2005)
A Storm of Swords (2000)
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