“I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.”
― I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
― I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
“There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.”
― The Buried Pyramid
― The Buried Pyramid
“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.”
― A Feast for Crows
― A Feast for Crows
“If something is going to happen to me, I want to be there.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
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