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Valor is a poor substitute for numbers
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Words are wind, but wind can fan a fire. My father and my uncle fought words with steel and flame. We shall fight words with words, and put out the fires before they start.
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words
words-of-wisdom
steel
words-are-dangerous
words-are-powerful
words-as-weapons
fire-and-blood
wind
flame
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George R.R. Martin |
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b1a0009
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Sweetness cloys. Tart fruit and tart women give life its savor...Daenerys, sweet queen, I cannot tell you what a pleasure it gives me to bask once more in your presence.
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George R.R. Martin |
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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 |
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997b4a1
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If she pops out sons the way she pops in tarts, the Dreadfort will soon be overrun with Boltons.
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roose-bolton
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George R.R. Martin |
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bf074c9
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It was almost enough to put a man off whoring.
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George R.R. Martin |
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6aa0be1
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Without honor, a knight is no more than a common killer. It is better to die with honor than to live without it.
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knight
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George R.R. Martin |
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31085f9
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For Phyllis who made me put dragons in
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George R.R. Martin |
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97afb9e
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Sex is sharing, you see, and it's good to share with everyone. But the sharing has to be real and meaningful. That creates problems.
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sharing
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2a1f167
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You look very elegant today, my lord." "I'm wounded. I strive to look elegant every day." - Tyrion & Littlefinger"
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George R.R. Martin |
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Egg has the truth of it. Aerion's quite the monster. He thinks he's a dragon in human form, you know. That's why he was so wroth at that puppet show. A pity he wasn't born a Fossoway, then he'd think himself an apple and we'd all be a deal safer, but there you are.
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fantasy
humor
dunk-and-egg
the-hedge-knight
george-r-r-martin
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George R.R. Martin |
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It was all too much. For a moment Eddard Stark wanted nothing so much as to return to Winterfell, to the clean simplicity of the north, where the enemies were winter and the wildlings beyond the Wall. "Surely Robert has other loyal friends," he protested. "His brothers, his--" "--wife?" Varys finished, with a smile that cut. "His brothers hate the Lannisters, true enough, but hating the queen and loving the king are not quite the same thing..
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ned-stark
lord-varys
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George R.R. Martin |
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2fd241a
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When the end comes, I will meet it raging.
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death
end
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c3e174d
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You know the words, but you are too proud to serve. A servant must be humble and obedient.
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George R.R. Martin |
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2ff0ae3
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The moon was a crescent, thin and sharp as the blade of a knife.
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simile
moon
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George R.R. Martin |
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8dde9a8
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Never believe anything you hear at a woman's tit.
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George R.R. Martin |
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bb1d6bf
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The hard truths are the ones to hold tight. - Old Bear
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war
fiction
politics
a-song-of-ice-and-fire
george-rr-martin
grimdark
middle-ages
epic-fantasy
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George R.R. Martin |
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32bcf86
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The gods mock the prayers of kings and cowherds alike.
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George R.R. Martin |
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5ce170f
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The dungeons are windowless. One hour is much like another down there, and for me, all hours are midnight.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Mine is the blood of the dragon.
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danaerys
dragon
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George R.R. Martin |
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72d7f42
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I should say something, but what? Pardon me, Father, but it's our brother she wants to marry?
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George R.R. Martin |
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e69d68d
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Melisandre laughed again. "You are lost in darkness and confusion, Ser Davos." "And a good thing." Davos gestured at the distant lights flickering along the walls of Storm's End. "Feel how cold the wind is? The guards will huddle close to those torches. A little warmth, a little light, they're a comfort on a night like this. Yet that will blind them, so they will not see us pass." I hope. "The god of darkness protect us now, my lady, Even ..
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George R.R. Martin |
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Have you ever considered that too many answers are the same as no answers at all?" - Tyrion"
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George R.R. Martin |
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Bad horror stories concern themselves with six ways to kill a vampire, and graphic accounts of how the rats ate Billy's genitalia. Good horror stories are about larger things. About hope and despair. About love and hatred, lust and jealousy. About friendship and adolescence and sexuality and rage, loneliness and alienation and psychosis, courage and cowardice, the human mind and body and spirit under stress and in agony, the human heart in ..
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George R.R. Martin |
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It is not the foes who curse you to your face that you must fear, but those who smile when you are looking and sharpen their knives when you turn your back.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Never knew Bannen could smell so good.' Edd's tone was morose as ever.'I had half a mind to carve a slice off him. If we had some applesauce, I might have done it. Pork's always best with applesauce, I find.' ... 'You best not die, Sam, or I fear I might succumb. There's bound to be more crackling on you than Bannen ever had,and I never could resist a bit of crackling.
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humor
dolorous-edd
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George R.R. Martin |
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52b5dc1
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If walls could keep us small, peasants would all be tiny and kings as large as giants," said Ser Jorah. "I've seen huge men born in hovels, and dwarfs who dwelt in castles."
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George R.R. Martin |
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Your Grace," he said, when he and Cersei were alone, "I was wondering. Are you drunk, or merely stupid?"
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George R.R. Martin |
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ca3e179
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It seemed as he had been falling for years. Fly, a voice whispered in the darkness, but Bran did not know how to fly, so all he could do was fall.
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dreams
falling
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George R.R. Martin |
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1d19c0d
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Jon hung a quiver from his belt and pulled an arrow. The shaft was black, the fletching grey. As he notched it to his string, he remembered something that Theon Greyjoy had once said after a hunt. "The boar can keep his tusks and the bear his claws," he had declared, smiling that way he did. "There's nothing half so mortal as a grey goose feather."
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George R.R. Martin |
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A man is never so vulnerable in a battle as when he flees," Lord Eddard has told Jon once. "A running man is like a wounded animal to a soldier. It gets his bloodlust up."
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fear
soldier
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George R.R. Martin |
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cc4d069
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Old powers waken. Shadows stir. An age of wonder and terror will soon be upon us, and age for gods and heroes.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Dragons are fire made flesh.
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flesh
fire
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Friend or foe, the crows care not.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Many good men have been bad kings, Maester Aemon used to say, and some bad men have been good kings.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Sometimes I dream about it, I'm walking down this long empty hall. My voice echoes all around, but no one answers, so I walk faster, opening doors, shouting names. I don't even know who I'm looking for. Most nights it's my father, but sometimes it's Robb instead, or my little sister Arya, or my uncle. Even the ravens are gone from the rookery, and the stables are full of bones. That always scares me. I start to run then, throwing open doors..
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George R.R. Martin |
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When I came into his presence, he was seated, and in his lap was a fat yellow cat. He told me that one of the captains had brought the beast to him, from an island beyond the sunrise. 'Have you ever seen her like?' he asked of me. And to him I said, 'Each night in the alleys of Braavos I see a thousand like him,' and the Sealord laughed, and that day I was named the first sword." Arya screwed up her face. "I don't understand." Syrio clic..
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George R.R. Martin |
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f95f94a
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Gentler than the Lanisters is dryer than the sea.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Jon smiled at him. "I'm sorry about your wrist. Robb used the same move on me once, only with a wooden blade. It hurt like seven hells, but yours must be worse. Look, if you want, I can show you how to defend that." Alliser Thorne overheard him. "Lord Snow wants to take my place now." He sneered. "I'd have an easier time teaching a wolf to juggle than you will training this aurochs." "I'll take that wager, Ser Alliser," Jon said. "I'd love ..
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George R.R. Martin |
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ff62bbb
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Do as you're told, sweetling, it won't be so bad. Wolves are supposed to be brave, aren't they?
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kettleback
sansa-stark
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George R.R. Martin |
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8c07b16
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Ser Arys was pleasant company abed, but wit and he were strangers. (Arianne Martell)
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George R.R. Martin |
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Dany "Bring me that book I was reading last night." She wanted to lose herself in the words, in other times and other places. The fat leather-bound volume was full of songs and stories from the Seven Kingdoms. Children's stories, if truth be told; too simple and fanciful to be true history. All the heroes were tall and handsome, and you could tell the traitors by their shifty eyes. Yet she loved reading them all the same. Last night she had..
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George R.R. Martin |
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Lord Rodrik was seldom seen without a book in hand, be it in the privy, on the deck of his Sea Song, or whilst holding audience. Asha had oft seen him reading on his high seat beneath the silver scythes. He would listen to each case as it was laid before him, pronounce his judgment...and read a bit whilst his captain-of-guards went to bring in the next supplicant.
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George R.R. Martin |
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a1f9b25
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After the brightness of the morning, the interior of the pavilion seemed cool and dim. Stannis seated himself on a plain wooden camp stool and waved Davos to another. "One day I may make you a lord, smuggler. If only to irk Celtigar and Florent. You will not thank me, though. It will mean you must suffer through these councils, and feign interest in the braying of mules." "Why do you have them, if they serve no purpose?" "The mules love the..
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George R.R. Martin |