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No man threatens His Grace in the presence of the Kingsguard. Tyrion Lannister raised an eyebrow. I am not threatening the king, ser, I am educating my nephew. Bronn, Timett, the next time Ser Boros opens his mouth, kill him. The dwarf smiled. Now that was a threat, ser. See the difference?

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This is not Winterfell', he told him as he cut his meat with fork and dagger. 'On the Wall, a man gets only what he earns. You're no ranger, Jon, only a green boy with the smell of summer still on you.

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History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.

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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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You are grown so very great now, yet the higher a man climbs the farther he has to fall.

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If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him—valar morghulis. — Jaqen H'ghar, A Clash of Kings

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Once a man has seen a dragon in flight, let him stay home and tend his garden in content, someone had written once, for this wide world has no greater wonder." Tyrion scratched at his scar and tried to recall the author's name.

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Love is sweet, dearest Ned, but it cannot change a man's nature. — Lyanna

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I dreamed... in the black of night a man asks all the questions he dare not ask by daylight. For me, the past years, only one question has remained. Why would the gods take my eyes and my strength, yet condemn me to linger on so long, frozen and forgotten? What use could they have for an old done man like me?... I remember, Sam. I still remember. Remember what? Dragons, Aemon whispered.

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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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