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seeing everything, yet a part of nothing.
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war
politics
a-song-of-ice-and-fire
george-rr-martin
grimdark
game-of-thrones
middle-ages
epic-fantasy
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George R.R. Martin |
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Terror filled her. She could not go back and she was afraid to stay here, but how could she go on?" - Dany"
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George R.R. Martin |
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It is said that her cry of anguish and ecstasy left a crack across the face of the moon, but her blood and her soul and her strength and her courage all went into the steel.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Sleep is good," he said. "And books are better."
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George R.R. Martin |
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b4dc2da
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Some lights cast more than one shadow. Stand before the nightfire and you'll see for yourself. The flames shift and dance, never still. The shadows grow tall and short, and every man casts a dozen. Some are fainter than others, that's all. Well, men cast their shadows across the future as well. One shadow or many.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Gentle Mother, font of mercy, save our sons from war, we pray, stay the swords and stay the arrows, let them know a better day. Gentle Mother, strength of women, help our daughters through this fray, soothe the wrath and tame the fury, teach us all a kinder way.
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George R.R. Martin |
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I am a creature of grief and dust and utter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once.
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George R.R. Martin |
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2d8d331
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Mormont leaned forward. "Tarly, when I was a lad half your age, my lady mother told me that if I stood about with my mouth open, a weasel was like to mistake it for his lair and run down my throat. If you have something to say, say it. Otherwise, beware of weasels."
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George R.R. Martin |
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02726bb
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Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them and they go to rust.
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George R.R. Martin |
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99d16c9
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He's turned against me too, Theon realized. Of late it seemed to him as if the very stones of Winterfell had turned against him. If I die, I die friendless and abandoned. What choice did that leave him, but to live?
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death
life
friendless
game-of-thrones
lorren
theon
winterfell
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George R.R. Martin |
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595e1ce
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Ghosts," Irri muttered. "Terrible ghosts. We must not stay here, Khaleesi, this is their place." "I fear no ghosts."
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George R.R. Martin |
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028c655
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Men fight more fiercely for a king who shares their peril than one who hides behind his mother's skirts.
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George R.R. Martin |
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7c2b064
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A Stone Crow's axe is always sharp, and Shagga's axes are sharpest of all. Once I cut off a man's head, but he did not know it until he tried to brush his hair. Then it fell off." "Is that why you never brush yours?" The Stone Crows roared and stamped their feet, Shagga hooting loudest of all."
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George R.R. Martin |
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7f43402
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Not all of us can be as bold as Jaime, but there are other ways to win wars.
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George R.R. Martin |
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I swear it by earth and water," said the boy in green. "I swear it by bronze and iron," his sister said. "We swear it by ice and fire," they finished together."
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George R.R. Martin |
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I will say, I think it passing odd that I am loved by one for a kindness I never did, and reviled by so many for my finest act.
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George R.R. Martin |
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3c903ea
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Begging for help never gets you any.
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beg
begging
help
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George R.R. Martin |
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6cc0d18
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You ought to thank me for killing your enemy," Jon said finally, "and curse me for killing your friend."
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George R.R. Martin |
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0cfd2db
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Keep your mouth shut and do as I tell you, and maybe we'll even be in time for your uncle's bloody wedding.
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George R.R. Martin |
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ad5026a
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Tell me who's won and I'll tell you what it means.
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George R.R. Martin |
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182a884
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I've never been frightened of shepherds. It's the sheep who trouble me.
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George R.R. Martin |
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9291faa
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Which king?" "All of them. The true and the false alike. If they would claim the realm, let them defend it."
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George R.R. Martin |
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1ca696c
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So long as she could kill with a whisper, Arya need not be afraid of anyone . . . but once she used up the last death, she would only be a mouse again.
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George R.R. Martin |
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7ce9b74
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Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?
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George R.R. Martin |
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167bcc4
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Ned Stark kept his vows. He thought of the promises he'd made Lyanna as she lay dying, and the price he'd paid to keep them.
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George R.R. Martin |
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53297ad
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Bran was relieved . . . but disappointed too. So long as there was magic, anything could happen. Ghosts could walk, trees could talk, and broken boys could grow up to be knights. "But there isn't," he said aloud in the darkness of his bed. "There's no magic, and the stories are just stories." And he would never walk, nor fly, nor be a knight."
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George R.R. Martin |
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49ad670
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This time the Imp meant to fight, and a city that fought could expect no mercy at all.
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George R.R. Martin |
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b59de83
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Now, who is inside my solar?' 'Lord Littlefinger.' Podrick managed a quick look at his face, then hastily dropped his eyes. 'I meant, Lord Petyr. Lord Baelish. The master of coin.' 'You make him sound a crowd.
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George R.R. Martin |
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8b8e87c
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Until what? Foolish woman, will holding it secret in our heart make it any less true? If you never tell, never speak of it, will it become only a dream, less than a dream, a nightmare half-remembered? Oh, if only the gods would be so good.
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George R.R. Martin |
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00abc71
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Catelyn had not eaten today. Perhaps that had been unwise. She told herself that there had been no time, but the truth was that food had lost its savor in a world without Ned. 'When they took his head off, they killed me too.
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George R.R. Martin |
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bf40e57
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Ten years a wold, and you land here and think to prince about the islands, but you know nothing and no one. Why should men fight and die for you?'' ''I am their lawful prince,'' Theon said stiffly. ''By the laws of the green lands, you might be. But we make our own laws here, or have you forgotten?
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George R.R. Martin |
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9203af3
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She was no maid; if she could look on the grey wall's scenes of slaughter, why should she avert her eyes from the sight of men and women giving pleasure to one another?
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George R.R. Martin |
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As hard as birth can be, Brienne, what comes after is even harder. At times I feel as though I am being torn apart. Would that there were five of me, one for each child, so I might keep them all safe." - Lady Catelyn"
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George R.R. Martin |
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A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good.
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George R.R. Martin |
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52bf4a9
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Hodor said only, "Hodor." That was all he ever said."
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George R.R. Martin |
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821adf1
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My life is a poor thing, but it is yours.
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George R.R. Martin |
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df7b0fc
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What if I am? It seems to me that most men are grey." "If half of an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion."
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George R.R. Martin |
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311b78c
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I can . . . die as I please.
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George R.R. Martin |
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835f044
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He was curiously calm. Men were supposed to go mad with grief when their children died, he knew. They were supposed to tear their hair out by the roots, to curse the gods and swear red vengeance. So why was it that he felt so little? The boy lived and died believing Robert Baratheon his sire. Jaime had seen him born, that was true, though more for Cersei than the child. But he had never held him. "How would it look?" his sister warned him w..
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George R.R. Martin |
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35340fb
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His hand reached for his throat, fumbling for the small leather pouch he always wore about his neck. Inside he kept the bones of the four fingers his king had shortened for him, on the day he made Davos a knight. My luck. His shortened fingers patted at his chest, groping, finding nothing. The pouch was gone, and the fingerbones with them. Stannis could never understand why he'd kept the bones. "To remind me of my king's justice," he whispe..
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George R.R. Martin |
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139df99
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For the oak recalls the acorn, the acorn dreams the oak, the stump lives in them both.
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George R.R. Martin |
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fb47e83
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Davos said. I was trying to win the throne to save the kingdom, when I should have been trying to save the kingdom to win the throne.
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George R.R. Martin |
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5b7c464
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It's dangerous being free, but most come to like the taste o' it,
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a-storm-of-swords
gameofthrones
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George R.R. Martin |
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7a5864f
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In King's Landing there are two sorts of people; the players and the pieces.
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players
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George R.R. Martin |