“But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about is advancing the plot, why read novels? We can just read Cliffs Notes.”
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“My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.”
― A Feast for Crows
― A Feast for Crows
“I don't want to have a dozen sons," she had told him, appalled. "I want to have adventures" ~Asha Greyjoy”
― A Feast for Crows
― A Feast for Crows
“The truth is, I wanted to watch you for a time before pledging you my sword. To make certain that you were not..."
"...my father's daughter?" If she was not her father's daughter, who was she?
"...mad," he finished. "But I see no taint in you."
"Taint?" Dany bristled.
"I am no maester to quote history at you, Your Grace. Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not the first. King Jaehaerys once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, he said, the gods toss a coin in the air and the world holds its to see how it will land.”
― A Storm of Swords
"...my father's daughter?" If she was not her father's daughter, who was she?
"...mad," he finished. "But I see no taint in you."
"Taint?" Dany bristled.
"I am no maester to quote history at you, Your Grace. Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not the first. King Jaehaerys once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, he said, the gods toss a coin in the air and the world holds its to see how it will land.”
― A Storm of Swords
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