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12f0c68
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Men have scars, women mysteries.
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George R.R. Martin |
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I am become a sour woman, Catelyn thought. I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter 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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The High Septon once told me that as we sin, so do we suffer. If that's true, Lord Eddard, tell me... why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?
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George R.R. Martin |
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When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.
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war
life
truth
solemn
warrior
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George R.R. Martin |
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A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Keep walking. If I look back I am lost.
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George R.R. Martin |
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It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to.
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reality
truth
game-of-thrones
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George R.R. Martin |
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It's just a stupid sword," she said, aloud this time... ... but it wasn't. Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her mother and her father, even Sansa. Needle was Winterfell's grey walls, and the laughter of its people. Needle was the summer snows, Old Nan's stories, the heart tree with its red leaves and scary face, the warm earthy smell of the glass gardens, the sound of the north wind rattling the shutters of her room. Needle was Jon Snow..
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needle
sibling-s-love
stark
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George R.R. Martin |
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Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.
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George R.R. Martin |
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A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.
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epic
tyrion-lannister
george-r-r-martin
a-song-of-ice-and-fire
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George R.R. Martin |
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My featherbed is deep and soft, and there I'll lay you down, I'll dress you all in yellow silk and on your head a crown. For you shall be my lady love, and I shall be your lord. I'll always keep you warm and safe, and guard you with my sword. And how she smiled and how she laughed, the maiden of the tree. She spun away and said to him, no featherbed for me. I'll wear a gown of golden leaves, and bind my hair with grass, But you can be my f..
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George R.R. Martin |
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Not all men were meant to dance with dragons.
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George R.R. Martin |
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He was no dragon, Dany thought, curiously calm. Fire cannot kill a dragon
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game-of-thrones
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George R.R. Martin |
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648d604
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Let them see that their words can cut you and you'll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can't hurt you with it anymore.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Woman, you bray like an ass, and make no more sense." "Woman? Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man."
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George R.R. Martin |
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Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.
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George R.R. Martin |
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dcd1c83
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All dwarfs may be bastards yet not all bastards are dwarfs.
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George R.R. Martin |
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555c9f6
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Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.
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love
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George R.R. Martin |
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b1e4336
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Drifting snowflakes brushed her face as light as lover's kisses, and melted on her cheeks. At the center of the garden, beside the statue of the weeping woman that lay broken and half-buried on the ground, she turned her face up to the sky and closed her eyes. She could feel the snow on her lashes, taste it on her lips. It was the taste of Winterfell. The taste of innocence. The taste of dreams.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Melisandre] "His Grace is growing fond of you." [Jon] "I can tell. He only threatened to behead me twice." Page 58"
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George R.R. Martin |
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Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Robert was the true steel. Stannis is pure iron, black and hard and strong, yes, but brittle, the way iron gets. He'll break before he bends. And Renly, that one, he's copper, bright and shiny, pretty to look at but not worth all that much at the end of the day.
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George R.R. Martin |
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War seems like a fine adventure, the greatest most of them will ever know. Then they get a taste of battle. For some, that one taste is enough to break them. Others go on for years, until they lose count of all the battles they have fought in, but even a man who has survived a hundred fights can break in his hundred-and-first. Brothers watch their brothers die, fathers lose their sons, friends see their friends trying to hold their entrail..
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war
knight
knights
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George R.R. Martin |
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Is it so far from madness to wisdom?" - Daenerys Targaryen"
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madness
wisdom
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George R.R. Martin |
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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
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George R.R. Martin |
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True knights protect the weak." He snorted. "There are no true knights, no more than there are gods. If you can't protect yourself, die and get out of the way of those who can. Sharp steel and strong arms rule this world, don't ever believe any different." Sansa backed away from him. "You're awful." "I'm honest. It's the world that's awful."
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George R.R. Martin |
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You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart.
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George R.R. Martin |
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I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,.. . Half of them don't dare tell me the truth, and the other half can't find it.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Are you a maid, Penny?" She blushed. "Yes. Of course. Who would have -" "Stay that way. Love is madness, and lust is poison."
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George R.R. Martin |
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Men are men, vows are words, and words are wind.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Kind? How boring that would be. I aspire to be wicked.
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myranda-royce
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George R.R. Martin |
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She narrowed her eyes. "What is our heart's desire?" "Vengeance." His voice was soft, as if he were afraid that someone might be listening. "Justice." Prince Doran pressed the onyx dragon into her palm with his swollen, gouty fingers, and whispered, "Fire and blood."
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George R.R. Martin |
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He'll be down with the books. My old septon used to say books are dead men talking. Dead men should keep quiet is what I say. No one wants to hear a dead man's yabber.
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George R.R. Martin |
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I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men.
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George R.R. Martin |
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Tyrion shrugged. "We all need to be mocked from time to time Lord Mormont lest we start to take ourselves too seriously."
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George R.R. Martin |
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And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all.
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George R.R. Martin |
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The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)
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war
mad-skills
manipulation
omniscient
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George R.R. Martin |
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41be352
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Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you.
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George R.R. Martin |
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They say it grows so cold up here in winter that a man's laughter freezes in his throat and chokes him to death," Ned said evenly. "Perhaps that is why the Starks have so little humor."
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George R.R. Martin |
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She has the blood of a wolf," said Joffrey. "And you have the wits of a goose," said Tyrion. "You can't talk to me that way. The king can do as he likes." "Aerys Targaryen did as he liked. Has you mother ever told you what happened to him?" Ser Boros Blount harrumphed. "No man threatens His Grace in the presence of the Kingsguard." Tyrion Lannister raised an eyebrow. "I am not threating the king, ser, I am educating my nephew. Bronn, Timett..
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George R.R. Martin |
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Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK.
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George R.R. Martin |
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For herself, she wanted sleet and ice, howling winds, thunder to shake the very stones of the Red Keep. She wanted a storm to match her rage.
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George R.R. Martin |