“For the oak recalls the acorn, the acorn dreams the oak, the stump lives in them both.”
― A Storm of Swords
― A Storm of Swords
“Surprise is like virginity. You only get the one chance at using it, and that normally turns out a crushing disappointment”
― Sharp Ends
― Sharp Ends
“I’ve become good at finding crumbs of comfort. Sometimes they’re all you have to eat.”
― King of Thorns
― King of Thorns
“To the starving man, bread is beautiful. To the homeless man, a roof is beautiful. To the drunkard, wine is beautiful. Only those who want for nothing else need find beauty in a lump of rock. “Stolicus”
― Best Served Cold
― Best Served Cold
“We are memories, strung on storylines—the tales we tell ourselves about ourselves, falling through our lives into tomorrow.”
― King of Thorns
― King of Thorns
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