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#1

“It all goes back and back," Tyrion thought, "to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

tags: a-storm-of-swords, asoiaf, fantasy, grrm

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#2

“Kind? How boring that would be. I aspire to be wicked.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

tags: asoiaf, myranda-royce

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#3

“I will remember, Your Grace," said Sansa, though she had always heard that love was a surer route to the people's loyalty than fear. If I am ever a queen, I'll make them love me.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

tags: a-clash-of-kings, asoiaf, cersei, cersei-lannister, fear, love, sansa, sansa-stark

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#4

“Why would the stars want to look down on such as me?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow

tags: a-storm-of-swords-steel-and-snow, asoiaf, george-r-r-martin, jaime-lannister, stars

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#5

“She wondered where this courage had come from, to speak to him so frankly. From Winterfell, she thought. I am stronger within the walls of Winterfell.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

tags: asoiaf, sansa-stark

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#6

“The choice is yours, brother. Live a thrall or die a king. Do you dare to fly? Unless you take the leap, you’ll never know." - Euron Greyjoy”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

tags: asoiaf, euron-greyjoy

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#7

“I would choose freedom over comfort every time.”
― George R.R. Martin

tags: a-dance-with-dragons, asoiaf, val

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#8

“There is only one god and his name is death. And there is only one thing we say to death: Not today.”
― Syrio Forel

tags: asoiaf

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#9

“On the morning that she left the Water Gardens, her father rose from his chair to kiss her on both cheeks. "The fate of Dorne goes with you, daughter," he said, as he pressed the parchment into her hand. "Go swiftly, go safely, be my eyes and ears and voice... but most of all, take care."
"I will, Father." She did not shed a tear. Arianne Martell was a princess of Dorne, and Dornishmen did not waste water lightly. It was a near thing, though. It was not her father's kisses nor his hoarse words that made her eyes glisten, but the effort that brought him to his feet, his legs trembling under him, his joints swollen and inflamed with gout. Standing was an act of love. Standing was an act of faith.
He believes in me. I will not fail him.”
― George R.R. Martin, The Winds of Winter

tags: a-song-of-ice-and-fire, arianne-martell, asoiaf, doran-martell, dorne, the-winds-of-winter, twow

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#10

“Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child’s riddle?”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

tags: a-dance-with-dragons, a-song-of-ice-and-fire, adwd, asoiaf, davos-seaworth, leona-woolfield

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#11

“Words. Words are wind. - Stannis Baratheon, A Storm of Swords #2: Blood and Gold.”
― George R.R. Martin

tags: asoiaf

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#12

“The Father made men curious, some say to test our faith. It is my own abiding sin that whenever I come upon a door I must needs see what lies upon the farther side, but certain doors are best left unopened.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: curiosity, curious, doors, faith, fire-and-blood, knowledge, sin, unknown, unopened

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#13

“There he lost his love and half his crew, if the tales be true…”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: hope, journey, loss, ocean, quest, sea, tales, travel

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#14

“Surely the Mother Above loved my children more. She took so many of them away from me.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: children, death, fire-and-blood, grief, loss, love, mother, sorrow

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#15

“The tradition amongst the Targaryens had always been to marry kin to kin. Wedding brother to sister was thought to be ideal. Failing that, a girl might wed an uncle, a cousin, or a nephew, a boy a cousin, aunt, or niece. This practice went back to Old Valyria, where it was common amongst many of the ancient families, particularly those who bred and rode dragons. The blood of the dragon must remain pure, the wisdom went. Some of the sorcerer princes also took more than one wife when it pleased them, though this was less common than incestuous marriage. In Valyria before the Doom, wise men wrote, a thousand gods were honored, but none were feared, so few dared to speak against these customs.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: asoiaf, fire-and-blood, old-valyria, targaryens, targs

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#16

“Pick,” he said, “or we kill them all.” On her knees, weeping, Helaena named her youngest, Maelor. Perhaps she thought the boy was too young to understand, or perhaps it was because the older boy, Jaehaerys, was King Aegon’s firstborn son and heir, next in line to the Iron Throne. “You hear that, little boy?” Cheese whispered to Maelor. “Your momma wants you dead.” Then he gave Blood a grin, and the hulking swordsman slew Prince Jaehaerys,”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

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#17

“Once a turncloak, ever a turncloak,” Lord Cregan said. “You rose up in rebellion against your lawful queen and helped drive her from this city to her death, raised up your own squire in her place, then abandoned him to save your worthless hide. The realm will be a better place without you.” When Ser Perkin protested that he had been pardoned for those crimes, Lord Stark replied, “Not by me.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

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#18

“We came here to be free of Old Valyria, and your Targaryens are Valyrian to the bone.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: fire-and-blood, targaryen, targaryens, valyria

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#19

“Brother, you need never kneel to me again. We shall rule this realm together, you and I.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: brothers, fire-and-blood, king, kingdom, kneel, ruler, ruling, targaryens

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#20

“The Valyrians were more than dragonlords. They practiced blood magic and other dark arts as well, delving deep into the earth for secrets best left buried and twisting the flesh of beasts and men to fashion monstrous and unnatural chimeras. For there sins the gods in their wroth struck them down.
Valyria is accursed, all men agree, and even the boldest sailor steers well clear of its smoking bones... but we would be mistaken to believe that nothing lives there now.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: accursed, valyria

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#21

“Jaehaerys the Conciliator would sit the Iron Throne for fifty-five years, and many a knight would wear a white cloak in his service during that long reign, more than any other monarch could boast. But it was rightly said that never did any Targaryen possess a Kingsguard who could equal the boy king’s first Seven.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

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#22

“even stone will crack and melt if a fire is hot enough.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

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#23

“All men are sinners.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: darkness, morality, right-and-wrong, sin, sinner

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#24

“Daella is sweet and kind and gentle. She has such a tender heart. Give me time, and I will find a lord to cherish her. Not every Targaryen needs to wield a sword and ride a dragon.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: targaryen

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#25

“Oldtown waited for the dawn, and the coming of the dragons.
And the dragons came.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: dragons

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#26

“If she wants I can find a hundred men and line them up before her naked, and she can pick the one she likes,” the king said. “I would sooner she wed a lord, but if she prefers a hedge knight or a merchant or Pate the Pig Boy, I am past the point of caring, so long as she picks someone.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: betrothal, humor, jape, king, princess, wedding

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#27

“Dorne has danced with dragons before,” he said. “I would sooner sleep with scorpions.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: dragons

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#28

“On wings as black as pitch Balerion plunged through the night, and when the great towers of Harrenhal appeared beneath him, the dragon roared his fury and bathed them in black fire, shot through with swirls of red.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: dragons, harrenhal, targaryen

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#29

“Winter’s here. Time for us to go. No better way to die than sword in hand.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

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#30

“Each of the conquered kingdoms had its own laws and traditions. King Aegon did little to interfere with those. He allowed his lords to continue to rule much as they always had, with all the same powers and prerogatives. The laws of inheritance and succession remained unchanged, the existing feudal structures were confirmed, lords both great and small retained the power of pit and gallows on their own land, and the privilege of the first night wherever that custom had formerly prevailed.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

tags: asoiaf, fire-and-blood

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