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the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.
Our wife is duty. Our mistress is honor.”
“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.”
“All dwarfs are bastards in their father’s eyes.”
a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone,
When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.
“Oh, my sweet summer child,” Old Nan said quietly, “what do you know of fear? Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feet deep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north. Fear is for the long night, when the sun hides its face for years at a time, and little children are born and live and die all in darkness while the direwolves grow gaunt and hungry, and the white walkers move through the woods.”
I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.”
“Dark wings, dark words,”
You are slow to learn, Lord Eddard. Distrusting me was the wisest thing you’ve done
“Do it yourself, Robert. The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. Look her in the eyes before you kill her. See her tears, hear her last words. You owe her that much at least.”
“I shall wear this as a badge of honor,” she announced. “Wear it in silence, or I’ll honor you again,” Robert vowed.
“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.
When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east,” she said sadly. “When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves.
