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George R. R. Martin
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“A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“The things we love destroy us every time”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“The man who fears losing has already lost.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I’ll sleep more easily by night.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man’s life comes a day when it is not easy, a...”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“You wear your honor like a suit of armor, Stark. You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“You can’t hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn’t mean tin is useless.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“these are your bannermen, not your friends. You named yourself battle commander. Command.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Laughter is poison to fear.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what’s on the other side?”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“If you would take a man’s life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“sometimes a child’s innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“A true man does what he will, not what he must.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“love is the bane of honor, the death of duty.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Nothing burns like the cold. But only for a while. Then it gets inside you and starts to fill you up, and after a while you don't have the strength to fight it.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Grand Maester Aethelmure wrote that all men carry murder in their hearts, yet even so, the poisoner is beneath contempt.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“All dwarfs may be bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Love is sweet . . . but it cannot change a man’s nature.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“A bruise is a lesson . . . and each lesson makes us better.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Every flight begins with a fall”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid? . . . That is the only time a man can be brave”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow at him.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wrong, between true and false, between life and death.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness, Ned. Half of them don’t dare tell me the truth, and the other half can’t find it.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“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.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“We all need to be mocked from time to time . . . lest we start to take ourselves too seriously.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Most of us are not so strong. What is honor compared to a woman’s love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms... or the memory of a brother’s smile?”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“Every noble house had its words. Family mottoes, touchstones, prayers of sorts, they boasted of honor and glory, promised loyalty and truth, swore faith and courage. All but the Starks. Winter is coming, said the Stark words.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
“A Lannister always pays his debts.”
George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones
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