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#1

“Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: bravery, courage, fear

7261 likes

#2

“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: books, mind

16632 likes

#3

“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

tags: human-nature, people, truth

2326 likes

#4

“But how could you live and have no story to tell?”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

tags: life, story

3416 likes

#5

“Why is it that men enjoy little more than shedding blood?”
― Kentaro Miura, Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2

tags: berserk

1 likes

#6

“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

tags: self-realization

2152 likes

#7

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, 5-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons

3321 likes

#8

“Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

1273 likes

#9

“Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

954 likes

#10

“All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

tags: kindlehighlight

336 likes

#11

“The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. —NDT”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

304 likes

#12

“We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

tags: astronomy, astrophysics, science

310 likes

#13

“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions

tags: cheese, poetry

4996 likes

#14

“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

13804 likes

#15

“I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both suffer.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

tags: fool, fyodor-dostoevsky, heart

668 likes

#16

“Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

tags: alike, gallantry, scents, stupidity

13 likes

#17

“I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

314 likes

#18

“Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

tags: words

101 likes

#19

“Pain was as much a part of knighthood as were swords and shields.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

14 likes

#20

“Wine makes all things possible.”
― George R.R. Martin, The Mystery Knight

tags: knight, wine

73 likes

#21

“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: books, morality, reading

20162 likes

#22

“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: experience-mistakes-wisdom

8699 likes

#23

“If I have to worry about the ants I crush beneath my feet, I couldn't even walk around”
― Kentaro Miura, Berserk, Vol. 1

105 likes

#24

“You can imprison me but you cannot keep me here. Because, like all writers, I have magic. I can pass through your walls with ease.”
― Ahmet Altan, I Will Never See the World Again

8 likes

#25

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories

6659 likes

#26

“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

tags: humor, science

4305 likes

#27

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett

4289 likes

#28

“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
― Terry Pratchett

tags: humor, life

3608 likes

#29

“DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

tags: death, humor

3475 likes

#30

“In short, what people think they want is news, but what they really crave is olds.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Truth

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