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Yet he was so horrified by the tradition-bound fatalism and indifference to human life he found in the Orient that he became obsessed with the sanctity of life on any terms, as something too precious to sacrifice to any concept of honor or
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“The past is littered with regret, the future bound by anxiety. The time is always now.”
― Four Dominions
― Four Dominions
“You know nothing, Jon Snow.” She”
― A Storm of Swords
― A Storm of Swords
“Anticipation, she would say, locks you into a mind-set, which, whether you realize it or not, dictates your actions, even though they may be the wrong ones. If you don’t anticipate, your mind is clear, your actions develop as the situation unfolds.”
― Four Dominions
― Four Dominions
“Honor set you on the kingsroad … and honor brought you back.” “My friends brought me back,” Jon said. “Did I say it was your honor?” Mormont”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“She is a modest and innocent thing who secretly wishes a worldly cad would teach her all those wicked deeds she has heard about but cannot quite imagine. I have played this role before, gentlemen. Trust me, it is not innocence per se that men like Pirate Lafitte are drawn to but the tantalizing possibility of corrupting that innocence.”
― Rogues
― Rogues
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