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For the night is dark and full of terrors.
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George R.R. Martin |
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We only make peace with our enemies. That's why it's called making peace.
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George R.R. Martin |
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0c1ae5b
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I will remember, Your Grace," said Sansa, though she had always heard that love was a surer route to the people's loyalty than fear. If I am ever a queen, I'll make them love me."
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fear
love
sansa
sansa-stark
cersei-lannister
asoiaf
cersei
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George R.R. Martin |
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5e63795
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A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.
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George R.R. Martin |
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514ff51
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We're all just songs in the end. If we are lucky.
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George R.R. Martin |
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5e84a67
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How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king?
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George R.R. Martin |
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e768809
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She was Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, Khaleesi and queen, Mother of Dragons, slayer of warlocks, breaker of chains, and there was no one in the world that she could trust.
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George R.R. Martin |
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One night, in his cups, he drank a jar of wildfire, after telling his friends it would transform him into a dragon, but the gods were kind and it transformed him into a corpse.
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George R.R. Martin |
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2a952d7
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Ser Jaime?" Even in soiled pink satin and torn lace, Brienne looked more like a man in a gown than a proper woman."I am grateful, but...you were well away. Why come back?" A dozen quips came to mind, each crueler than the one before, but Jaime only shrugged. "I dreamed of you," he said."
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George R.R. Martin |
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00e444d
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A long summer always meant a long winter to come.
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George R.R. Martin |
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2d91d63
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All Daenerys wanted back was the big house with the red door, the lemon tree outside her window, the childhood she had never known.
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mother-of-dragons
daenerys-targaryen
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George R.R. Martin |
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89bc7f0
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Bronn himself, who'd only smiled that insolent dark smile of his and afterward said, "They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it." Tyrion had no such delusion."
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George R.R. Martin |
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afd7699
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I love the juice but I loathe sticky fingers. Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your hands are clean.
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hands
plotting
treachery
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George R.R. Martin |
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560ec4c
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Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)
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woman
ugliness
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George R.R. Martin |
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6819772
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Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them.
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jaime-lannister
george-r-r-martin
a-storm-of-swords
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George R.R. Martin |
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820b5e3
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You lie," he said. "All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it ... though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces." --
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George R.R. Martin |
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e7b3ba2
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Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening.
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George R.R. Martin |
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You lie," he said. "All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it ... though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces."
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George R.R. Martin |
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ec8652f
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I knew a brother drowned himself in wine once. It was a poor vintage, though, and his corpse did not improve it." "You the wine?" "It's an awful thing to find a brother dead. You'd have need of a drink as well, Lord Snow."
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George R.R. Martin |
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Robert wanted to be loved. My brother Tyrion has the same disease. Do you want to be loved, Sansa?" "Everyone wants to be loved." "I see flowering hasn't made you any brighter," said Cersei. "Sansa, permit me to share a bit of womanly wisdom with you on this very special day. Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same."
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George R.R. Martin |
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f2fc9d6
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In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining.
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brienne
a-song-of-ice-and-fire
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George R.R. Martin |
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bba8d4d
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Remember this, boy. All dwarfs may be bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs." And with that he turned and sauntered back into the feast, whistling a tune. When he opened the door, the light from within threw his shadow clear across the yard, and for just a moment Tyrion Lannister stood tall as a king."
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tyrion-lannister
jon-snow
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George R.R. Martin |
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5139897
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An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child's riddle?
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northman
onion-knight
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George R.R. Martin |
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281e973
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Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.
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leadership
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George R.R. Martin |
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d2ac38c
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Lords are gold and knights steel, but two links can't make a chain. You also need silver and iron and lead, tin and copper and bronze and all the rest, and those are farmers and smiths and merchants and the like. A chain needs all sorts of metals, and a land needs all sorts of people.
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George R.R. Martin |
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aa903ba
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In life, the monsters win.
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George R.R. Martin |
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243b21e
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You do not steal from the dragon, oh, no. The dragon remembers.
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George R.R. Martin |
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7596d0f
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When I know the truth, I must go to Robert. And pray that he is the man I think he is, he finished silently, and not the man I fear he has become.
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George R.R. Martin |
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45cf8cb
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Pissing is the least of my talents. You ought to see me shit
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humour
tyrion-lannister
george-r-r-martin
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George R.R. Martin |
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2528e4f
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Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.
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George R.R. Martin |
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e603bc6
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I am the blood of the dragon. Do not presume to teach me lessons.
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George R.R. Martin |
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ae8e80e
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He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wrong, between true and false, between life and death.
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lies
life
truth
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George R.R. Martin |
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82f8158
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Power resides where men believe it resides. A very small man can cast a very large shadow.
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power
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George R.R. Martin |
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f58cda5
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Then...there was no sorcery?" Lannister snorted. "Sorcery is the sauce fools spoon over failure to hide the flavor of their own incompetence."
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George R.R. Martin |
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All you Westerosi make a shame of loving. There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we know better. Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at all the beauty in the world? Only a monster god, a demon of the darkness.
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George R.R. Martin |
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256aace
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Make no mistake, dwarf. I fought for you, but I do not love you'' ''It was your blade I needed'' Tyrion said, ''not your love.
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tyrion-lannister
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George R.R. Martin |
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8eb3e08
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All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns.
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George R.R. Martin |
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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 to see Ghost juggle.
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ser-alliser
george-r-r-martin
jon-snow
a-song-of-ice-and-fire
bold
ghost
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George R.R. Martin |
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576e39c
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Not cry. Fly. "I can't fly," Bran said. "I can't, I can't..." How do you know? Have you ever tried? The voice was high and thin. Bran looked around to see where it was coming from. A crow was spiraling down with him, just out of touch, following him as he fell. "Help me," he said. I'm trying, the crow replied... The crow took to the air and flapped around Bran's hand. "You have wings," Bran pointed out. Maybe you do too. Bran felt along his..
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inspirational
crow
fly
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George R.R. Martin |
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b1f5bb5
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Can I dwell on what I scarce remember? I held a castle on the Marches once, and there was a woman I was pledged to marry, but I could not find that castle today, nor tell you the color of that woman's hair. Who knighted me, old friend? What were my favorite foods? It all fades. Sometimes I think I was born on the bloody grass in that grove of ash, with the taste of fire in my mouth and a hole in my chest. Are you my mother, Thoros?
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beric-dondarrion
hole
thoros
knight
fire
blood
memory
trauma
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George R.R. Martin |
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21c6c9c
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A man could not always be where he belonged, though.
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George R.R. Martin |
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773066f
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You never knew Lyanna as well as I did Robert, you saw her beauty, but not the iron underneath
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George R.R. Martin |
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6cb8cbe
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When we speak of the morrow nothing is ever certain.
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George R.R. Martin |
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90bdf32
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His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin.
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fear
forest
cloak
ser-waymar-royce
george-r-r-martin
a-song-of-ice-and-fire
the-wall
black
snow
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George R.R. Martin |