4e296f0
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"It all goes back and back," Tyrion thought, "to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads."
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asoiaf
fantasy
grrm
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George R.R. Martin |
1e8c91a
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Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile; he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to behold.
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asoiaf
grrm
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George R.R. Martin |
e21fbe1
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"Up and down," Meera would sigh sometimes as they walked, "then down and up. Then up and down again. I hate these stupid mountains of yours, Prince Bran." "Yesterday you said you loved them." "Oh, I do. My lord father told me about mountains, but I never saw one till now. I love them more than I can say." Bran made a face at her. "But you just said you hated them." "Why can't it be both?" Meera reached up to pinch his nose. "Because they're different," he insisted. "Like night and day, or ice and fire." "If ice can burn," said Jojen in his solemn voice, "then love and hate can mate. Mountain or marsh, it makes no matter. The land is one." "One," his sister agreed, "but over wrinkled."
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asoiaf
fantasy
grrm
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George R.R. Martin |
5c53271
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"He is no true knight, but he saved me all the same," she told the mother. "Save him if you can, and gentle the rage inside him -Sansa"
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asoiaf
grrm
sansa-stark
sansan
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George R.R. Martin |
a10ee76
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The gods heard my prayer, she thought. She felt so numb and dreamy. My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel.
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asos
got
grrm
sansa-stark
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George R.R. Martin |
8f82a8c
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"I could keep you safe," he rasped. "They're all afraid of me. No one would hurt you again, or I'd kill them -Sandor Clegane"
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grrm
sandor-clegane
sansan
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George R.R. Martin |
6cbc65b
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"Sweet lady," said Florian, "all men are fools, and all men are knights, where women are concerned."
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knights
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George R.R. Martin |
3c35d4f
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The nights are too long,' he told Missandei, 'and there is much and more to do, always.
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grrm
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George R.R. Martin |
bbe28e6
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Monsters are entirely mythological, sir, like spirits, werebeasts, and competent bureaucrats.
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tuf-voyaging
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George R.R. Martin |