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The Complete Poems

by Thomas Wyatt

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Oct 07, 2025 09:57AM

“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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“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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“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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“As every reader knows in his or her heart, there is much more to truth than mere fact.”
― Alison Croggon

tags: fiction, inspirational, reading, truth

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“I loved a maid as red as autumn [...] with sunset in her hair.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

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