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    George R.R. Martin
    “Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
    ― George R. R. Martin
    tags: books, reading
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Life is not a song, sweetling.
    Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “I've lost a hand, a father, a son, a sister, and a lover, and soon enough I will lose a brother. And yet they keep telling me House Lannister won this war.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
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    George R.R. Martin
    “My sister has mistaken me for a mushroom. She keeps me in the dark and feeds me shit.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
    tags: humour, tyrion-lannister
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    George R.R. Martin
    “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.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
    tags: a-storm-of-swords, asoiaf, grrm
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    George R.R. Martin
    “‎[Melisandre] "His Grace is growing fond of you."
    [Jon] "I can tell. He only threatened to behead me twice."
    Page 58”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Her name is Brienne," Jaime said. "Brienne, the maid of Tarth. You are still maiden, I hope?"

    Her broad homely face turned red. "Yes."

    "Oh, good," Jaime said. "I only rescue maidens.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
    tags: banter, brienne-of-tarth, humor, jaime-lannister, rescue
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Writing is like sausage making in my view; you'll all be happier in the end if you just eat the final product without knowing what's gone into it.”
    ― George R.R. Martin
    tags: writing
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    George R.R. Martin
    “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...”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
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    George R.R. Martin
    “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.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
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    George R.R. Martin
    “There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
    tags: beast, human-nature, savagery, war
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Yours was the hand that threw him. You meant for him to die.”
    His chains chinked softly. “I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health. Yes, I meant for him to die.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
    tags: confession
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  • #13
    George R.R. Martin
    “Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
    tags: a-song-of-ice-and-fire, a-storm-of-swords, game-of-thrones, humor, humorous-quotes, jaime-lannister, tyrion-lannister
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  • #14
    George R.R. Martin
    “Still ... in this world only winter is certain.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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    George R.R. Martin
    “I knew a brother drowned himself in wine once. It was a poor vintage, though, and his corpse did not improve it."
    "You drank the wine?"
    "It's an awful thing to find a brother dead. You'd have need of a drink as well, Lord Snow.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
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    George R.R. Martin
    “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.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
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    George R.R. Martin
    “So young," said Wyman Manderly, "Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would've grown up to be a Frey.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: time
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  • #19
    George R.R. Martin
    “The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
    tags: a-clash-of-kings, mad-skills, manipulation, omniscient, war
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    George R.R. Martin
    “I stayed sober for this?”
    ― George R.R. Martin
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
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    George R.R. Martin
    “I know nothing, Ygritte, he [Jon Snow] thought, and perhaps I never will.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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    George R.R. Martin
    “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?”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: davos-seaworth, northman, onion-knight
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A dead enemy is a joy forever”
    ― George R.R. Martin
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he could kill a duck."
    Tyrion shrugged. "Fetch the duck.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: boast, courage, dance, dragons, duck, funny, humor, kill, martin, prove, small, soiaf, tyrion
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  • #27
    George R.R. Martin
    “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.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: books
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  • #28
    George R.R. Martin
    “I am not going to get into it myself, except to say
    (1) if I am writing "boy fiction," who are all those boys with breasts who keep turning up by the hundreds at my signings and readings?
    and
    (2) thank you, geek girls! I love you all.”
    ― George R.R. Martin
    tags: boy-fiction
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  • #29
    George R.R. Martin
    “All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
    tags: men
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    George R.R. Martin
    “The apples stewed with prunes are excellent, except for the prunes, I won't eat prunes myself. Well, there was one time when Hobb chopped them up with chesnuts and carrots and hid them in a hen. Never trust a cook, my lord. They'll prune you when you least expect it.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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