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“Fear is what keeps a man alive in this world of treachery and deceit.”
-Roose Bolton
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The sight was so grotesque it should have been hilarious, but Tyrion could not even find a smile. ‘The girl deserves better than a pig,’ he thought. ‘An honest kiss, a little kindness, everyone deserves that much, however big or small.’
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Her father used to say that a lord needed to eat with his men, if he hoped to keep them. “Know the men who follow you,” she heard him tell Robb once, “and let them know you. Don’t ask your men to die for a stranger.”
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“For the night is dark,” the others chanted, Harwin and Anguy loud as all the rest, “and full of terrors.”
“This cave is dark too,” said the Hound, “but I’m the terror here. I hope your god’s a sweet one, Dondarrion. You’re going to meet him shortly.”
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“What is outside my walls is of no concern to me,” said Harren. “Those walls are strong & thick.”
“But not so high as to keep out dragons. Dragons fly.”
“I built in stone. Stone does not burn.”
To which Aegon said, “When the sun sets, your line shall end.”
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“The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.”
-Tywin Lannister
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Unbidden, his thoughts went to Brienne of Tarth.
-Jaime Lannister
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“Dragons are neither male nor female, Barth saw the truth of that, but now one and now the other, as changeable as flame. The language misled us all for a thousand years. Daenerys is the one, born amidst salt and smoke. The dragons prove it.”
-Maester Aemon
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Arya plucked the worm from his eye to eat it, but it melted like a shadow in her hand.
The skull was melting too & the kindliest old man was smiling down at her. “No one has ever tried to eat my worm before,” he said. “Are you hungry, child?”
Yes, she thought, but not for food.
Beyond rose the Hightower, its beacon fires bright against the dawn. Atop the bluffs of Battle Island, its shadow cut the city like a sword. Those in Oldtown could tell the time of day by where that shadow fell. Some claimed a man could see all the way to the Wall from the top.