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He was dead now and his promises had died with him.

How small the difference between victory and defeat, between life and death.

He smiled a lot, as if the world were a secret joke that only he was clever enough to understand.

The septons preach about the seven hells. What do they know? Only a man who's been burned knows what hell is truly like.

Let them see that their words can cut you, and you'll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can't hurt you with it anymore.

Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?

The walls were cold here, and the people colder.

Even in dreams, you could not fall forever. He would wake up in the instant before he hit the ground, he knew.