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    Betty Smith
    “Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.”
    ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
    tags: live-in-the-moment, wonder
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: hurt, pain, perfect, truthful
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    Laurell K. Hamilton
    “There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”
    ― Laurell K. Hamilton, Mistral's Kiss
    tags: depression, pain, trauma
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  • #4
    George R.R. Martin
    “... 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
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  • #5
    George R.R. Martin
    “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: identity
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    George R.R. Martin
    “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
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: bravery, fear
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  • #8
    George R.R. Martin
    “When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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  • #10
    George R.R. Martin
    “Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: denial, honesty, truth
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  • #11
    George R.R. Martin
    “The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: love, mormont
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  • #12
    George R.R. Martin
    “Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: death, life
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  • #13
    George R.R. Martin
    “What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms . . . or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: a-game-of-thrones, a-song-of-ice-and-fire, curiosity, george-r-r-martin, tyrion-lannister, wall
    2316 likes

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  • #15
    George R.R. Martin
    “When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: friendship, loneliness
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  • #16
    George R.R. Martin
    “If I look back I am lost.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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  • #17
    George R.R. Martin
    “Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: game-of-thrones, george-r-r-martin, song-of-ice-and-fire, tyrion-lannister
    2050 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “Laughter is poison to fear.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: a-game-of-thrones, catelyn-stark, fear, george-r-r-martin, happiness, laughter, poison, wise
    1382 likes

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  • #19
    George R.R. Martin
    “Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: disagreement, diversity
    1054 likes

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  • #20
    George R.R. Martin
    “Oh, my sweet summer child," Old Nan said quietly, "what do you know of fear?
    Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feet
    deep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north. Fear is for the long
    night, when the sun hides its face for years at a time, and little children
    are born and live and die all in darkness while the direwolves grow gaunt and
    hungry, and the white walkers move through the woods”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: fear, foreboding, scary
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  • #21
    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
    “Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: enemy, honor
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  • #23
    George R.R. Martin
    “Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    625 likes

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  • #24
    George R.R. Martin
    “The man who fears losing has already lost.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: fear
    747 likes

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  • #25
    George R.R. Martin
    “A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: inspiration, obstacles, trying
    709 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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  • #27
    George R.R. Martin
    “You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you...”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: family, sisters
    527 likes

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  • #28
    George R.R. Martin
    “Love is sweet, dearest Ned, but it cannot change a man's nature. -- Lyanna”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Opening your eyes is all that is needing. The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true. Look with your eyes. Hear with your ears. Taste with your mouth. Smell with your nose. Feel with your skin. Then comes the thinking, afterward, and in that way knowing the truth.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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  • #30
    George R.R. Martin
    “You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    264 likes



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