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Words are wind, even words like love and peace. I put more trust in deeds.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Joffrey called out, "Dog!" Sandor Clegane seemed to take form out of the night, so quickly did he appear. He had exchanged his armor for a red woolen tunic with a leather dog's head sewn on the front. The light of the torches made his burned face shine a dull red. "Yes, Your Grace?" he said. "Take my betrothed back to the castle, and see that no harm befalls her," the prince told him brusquely. And without even a word of farewell, Joffrey s..
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George R.R. Martin |
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aeddd44
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All my memories are poisoned
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George R.R. Martin |
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she cried out. She would have a fresh bruise there by the time she went to sleep, somewhere out at sea. she told herself, Syrio stepped back. "You are dead now." Arya made a face. "You cheated," she said hotly. "You said left and you went right." "Just so. And now you are a dead girl." "But you " "My words lied. My eyes and my arm shouted out the truth, but you were not seeing." "I was so," Arya said. "I watched you every second!..
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fighting
listening
seeing
survival
training
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George R.R. Martin |
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9d445c6
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Slowly the shapes around her took on form. Huge empty eyes stared at her hungrily through the gloom, and dimly she saw the jagged shadows of long teeth. She had lost the count. She closed her eyes and bit her lip and sent the fear away. When she looked again, the monsters would be gone. Would never have been. She pretended that Syrio was beside her in the dark, whispering in her ear. Calm as still water, she told herself. Strong as a bear. ..
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dragons
fear
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George R.R. Martin |
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a3adcdd
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As she watched him, this tall young man with the new beard and the direwolf prowling at his heels, all she could see was the babe they had laid at her breast at Riverrun, so long ago.
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George R.R. Martin |
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4023db4
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Jon could not find it in him to pray to any gods, old or new. If they were real, he thought, they were as cruel and implacable as winter.
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George R.R. Martin |
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2876e2d
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He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber, poor fool.
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George R.R. Martin |
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0876db7
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Still, night falls for all of us in the end, and too soon for some.
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George R.R. Martin |
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a89d5c8
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Hard things only grow harder if you put them off.
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George R.R. Martin |
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aecc8b6
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En que piensas cuando hueles nuestras velas, mi nina? <
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arya-stark
festín-de-cuervos
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George R.R. Martin |
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4e491bc
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Up in the hills we say that autumn kisses you, but winter fucks you hard.
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George R.R. Martin |
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e81a30d
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IT IS SAID with truth that every building is constructed stone by stone, and the same may be said of knowledge, extracted and compiled by many learned men, each of whom builds upon the works of those who preceded him. What one of them does not know is known to another, and little remains truly unknown if one seeks far enough.
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George R.R. Martin |
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972fdd2
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Even a priest may doubt. Even a prophet may know terror. Aeron Damphair reached within himself for his god and discovered only silence.
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George R.R. Martin |
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2376a54
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Is that true? There is truth in it. And lies as well? There is an untruth, and an exaggeration.
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George R.R. Martin |
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0677284
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I need to sleep, but fear to dream.
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George R.R. Martin |
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fb08db9
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I told them to place a table in your chambers." "Who was I supposed to play with?" "Yourself. Sometimes it is best to study a game before you attempt to play it. How well do you know the game, Arianne?" "Well enough to play." "But not to win. My brother loved the fight for its own sake, but I only played such games as I can win."
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George R.R. Martin |
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caf3b37
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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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George R.R. Martin |
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dfd47a0
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The king is my son!" Cersei rose to her feet. "Aye," her uncle said, "and from what I saw of Joffrey, you are as unfit a mother as you are a ruler."
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George R.R. Martin |
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46ba4f1
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By the time Jon Snow signed the parchment the Braavosi drew up, both of them were half-drunk and quite unhappy. Jon thought that a good sign.
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p585
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George R.R. Martin |
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6afc880
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Some people hurt others just because they can.
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George R.R. Martin |
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025ed3b
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You Westerosi are all the same. You sew some beast upon a scrap of silk, and suddenly you are all lions, or dragons, or eagles.
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George R.R. Martin |
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1549a06
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I had feared it from the start, from the moment you first smiled at me and let me touch your hand. My own father could not love me. Why would you if not for gold?
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George R.R. Martin |
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34c5c36
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We'll need to make a litter to carry him," said Osha. "No use," said Luwin. "I'm dying, woman." "You can't," said Rickon angrily. "No you can't." Beside him, Shaggydog bared his teeth and growled. The maester smiled. "Hush now, child, I'm much older than you. I can . . . die as I please."
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George R.R. Martin |
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588d5ea
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The world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill.
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George R.R. Martin |
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b9c01f5
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Bad enough when the dead come walking,"he said (Dolorous Edd) to Jon, "now the Old Bear wants them talking as well? No good will come of that, I'll warrant. And who's to say the bones wouldn't lie? Why should death make a man truthful, or even clever? The dead are likely dull fellows, full of tedious complaints-the ground's too cold, my gravestone should be larger, why does he get more worms than I do. . . ."
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George R.R. Martin |
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8174c2c
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Maester Luwin says there's nothing in dreams that a man need fear.' 'There is,' said Jojen. 'What?' 'The past. The future. The truth." - Bran & Jojen"
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George R.R. Martin |
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c660f8e
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His time was past, her handmaid Irri declared. No man should live longer than his teeth.
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George R.R. Martin |
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13fa60e
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Littlefinger looked like a boy who had just taken a furtive bite from a honeycomb. He was TRYING to watch for bees, but the honey was so sweet.
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George R.R. Martin |
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6cb6fda
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If there are gods, they made sheep so wolves could eat mutton, and they made the weak for the strong to play with.
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George R.R. Martin |
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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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asoiaf
grrm
sandor-clegane
sansan
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George R.R. Martin |
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dc56d83
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The gods don't care about men, no more than kings care about peasants.
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George R.R. Martin |
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db06bf5
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Learn to use yours ears more and your mouth less, or your reign will be shorter than I am.
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mouth
reign
tyrion
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George R.R. Martin |
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8ea3df5
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The septons preach about the seven hells. What do they know? Only a man who's been burned knows what hell is truly like" ...She was sad for him, she realized. Somehow, the fear had gone away. The silence went on and on, so long that she began to grow afraid once more, but she was afraid for him now, not for herself. She found his massive shoulder with her hand. "He was no true knight," she whispered to him."
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game-of-thrones
sandor-clegane
sansa-stark
the-hound
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George R.R. Martin |
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e32da7b
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A weirwood will live forever if left undisturbed.
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George R.R. Martin |
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d574a2a
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Jon Snow had dreamed of leading men to glory just as King Daeron had, of growing up to be a conqueror. Now he was a man grown and the Wall was his, yet all he had were doubts. He could not even seem to conquer those.
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George R.R. Martin |
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But they were all dead now, even Arya, everyone but her half-brother, Jon. Some nights she heard talk of him, in the taverns and brothels of the Ragman's Harbor. The Black Bastard of the wall, one man had called him. Even Jon would never know Blind Beth, i bet. That made her sad.
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asoiaf
chest-pains
jon-snow
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George R.R. Martin |
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e40a3ca
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Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be brave," --
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courage
fear
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George R.R. Martin |
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4a098ee
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The letter . . . What did your lords make of it, I wonder?" Stannis snorted. "Celtigar pronounced it admirable. If I showed him the contents of my privy, he would declare that admirable as well."
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George R.R. Martin |
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You were small, but far-famed. We were in Oldtown at your birth, and all the city talked of was the monster that had been born to the King's Hand, and what such an omen might foretell for the realm." "Famine, plague, and war, no doubt." Tyrion gave a sour smile. "It's always famine, plague, and war. Oh, and winter, and the long night that never ends." "All that," said Prince Oberyn, "and your father's fall as well. Lord Tywin had made himse..
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George R.R. Martin |
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f1e0fcb
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She had surrendered her virtue at six-and-ten, to a beautiful blond-haired sailor on a trading galley up from Lys. He only knew six words of the Common Tongue, but "fuck" was one of them--the very word she'd hoped to hear."
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humour
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George R.R. Martin |
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70c1a16
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What fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise!
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George R.R. Martin |
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d4e105e
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Prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how good this is... and then her teeth snap shut and your moans turn to screams... Prophecy will bite your prick off everytime,
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a-game-of-thrones
a-song-of-ice-and-fire
epic-fantasy
fantasy
george-rr-martin
grimdark
historical-fiction
middle-ages
political-fiction
politics
war
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George R.R. Martin |
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fd463fd
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Black or red, a dragon is still a dragon." - Illyrio Mopatis"
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George R.R. Martin |