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“He was always clever, even as a boy, but it is one thing to be clever and another to be wise. I wonder what the years have done to him.”
-Catelyn IV, A Game Of Thrones
#ASongOfIceAndFire 🎨Wavesheep
Some of the living swam; some of the dead floated; the ones in mail & plate sank to the bottom, the quick & the dead alike. The pleas of drowning men echoed in his ears.
A flash of green caught his eye, ahead off to port. An instant later Davos heard the dread cry of “Wildfire!”
They didn’t have to tell the truth, but the oaths were binding unless they said “Mayhaps.”
-Bran I, ACOK
Walder Frey’s mouth moved in & out. “Food, heh. A loaf of bread, mayhaps a sausage.”
“And salt,” Robb said.
“Bread & salt. Heh. Of course, of course.”
-Catelyn VI, ASOS
“The Red Keep has ways known only to ghosts and spiders.”
-Eddard VII, A Game Of Thrones
#ASongOfIceAndFire 🎨CassandreBolan
Ser Jorah gave the old man a long look. “A squire with a stick slew Mero of Braavos?”
“A stick,” Dany confirmed,“but no longer a squire. Ser Jorah, it’s my wish that Arstan be knighted.”
“NO.”
The loud refusal was surprise enough. Stranger still, it came from both men at once.
“Who?” Ser Loras craned his head around to see. “Ten black pellets on a scarlet field. I do not know those arms.”
“They belonged to Criston Cole, who served the first Viserys and the second Aegon.” Jaime closed the White Book. “They called him Kingmaker.”
#HouseOfTheDragon
“I charged with the first wave in the Whispering Wood. I was that close to crossing swords with the Kingslayer himself.”
“Why do you tell me this?” Dagmer asked. “It was me who put your first sword in your hand. I know you are no craven.”
“Does my father?”
“Serve me well in this, and you may have what you desire. Until such time, the woman must needs remain my captive.”
Ser Justin bowed his head. “I understand.”
That only seemed to irritate the king. “Your understanding is not required. Only your obedience. Be on your way, ser.”
“The one whose name may not be spoken is marshaling his power, Davos Seaworth, a power fell and evil and strong beyond measure. Soon comes the cold, and the night that never ends. Unless true men find the courage to fight it. Men whose hearts are fire.”
Gentle Mother, font of mercy,
save our sons from war, we pray.
Stay the swords & stay the arrows,
let them know a better day.
Gentle Mother, strength of women,
help our daughters through this fray.
Soothe the wrath & tame the fury,
teach us all a kinder way.
#HappyMothersDay