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The real issue lies in the North beyond the Wall. Stannis becomes one of the few characters fully to understand that, which is why in spite of everything he is a righteous man.

The real issue lies in the North beyond the Wall. Stannis becomes one of the few characters fully to understand that, which is why in spite of everything he is a righteous man.

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Wall, Real, Lying

Men of honor will do things for their children that they would never consider doing for themselves.

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Children, Men, Honor
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.2558, Bantam

all men carry murder in their hearts, yet even so, the poisoner is beneath contempt.

George R. R. Martin
Heart, Men, Murder
George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.262, Bantam

For herself, she wanted sleet and ice, howling winds, thunder to shake the very stones of the Red Keep. She wanted a storm to match her rage.

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Ice, Wind, Storm
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.2572, Bantam

Nothing. My father is very good at doing nothing. He calls it thinking.

George R. R. Martin
Father, Thinking, Doing Nothing
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.2590, Bantam

Eat your heart out, Rowling. Maybe you have billions of dollars and my Hugo, but you don't have readers like these.

George R. R. Martin
Dollars, Reader, Billions
"George R.R. Martin's 2001 Loss To J.K. Rowling Is Still A Sore Subject" by Corey Adwar, www.businessinsider.com. July 03, 2014.

He wants you to smile and smell sweet and be his lady love. He wants to hear you recite all your pretty little words the way the septa taught you. He wants you to love him... and fear him.

George R. R. Martin
Sweet, Smell, Want
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.620, Bantam

When I was a boy, I dreamt that I could fly, he announces. When I woke, I couldn't... or so the maester said. But what if he lied? What do you mean? Perhaps we can fly. All of us. How will we ever know unless we leap from some tall tower? No man ever truly knows what he can do unless he dares to leap. There is the window. Leap. What do you want? The world.

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Mean, Boys, Men

I heard a Lannister always pays his debts." "Oh, every penny....but never a groat more. You'll get the meal you bargained for, but it won't be sauced with gratitude, and in the end it will not nourish you.

George R. R. Martin
Gratitude, Meals, Debt
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.3428, Bantam

There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we know better. Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at all the beauty in the world? Only a monster god, a demon of the darkness.

George R. R. Martin
Running, Eye, Men
"A Feast for Crows". Book by George R. R. Martin, 2005.

Fiction is lies; we're writing about people who never existed and events that never happened when we write fiction, whether its science fiction or fantasy or western mystery stories or so-called literary stories. All those things are essentially untrue. But it has to have a truth at the core of it.

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Lying, Writing, People
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Once, I cut off a man's head, but he did not know it until he tried to brush his hair. Then it fell off.

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Cutting, Men, Hair
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1011, Bantam

Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born.

George R. R. Martin
Winter, Boys, Men
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.127, Bantam

The distinction between literary and genre fiction is stupid and pernicious. It dates back to a feud between Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James. James won, and it split literature into two streams. But it's a totally false dichotomy.

George R. R. Martin
Stupid, Two, Feuds
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I am loyal to my beloved Joffrey. (Sansa) No doubt. As loyal as a deer surrounded by wolves. (Tyrion) Lions, she whispered without thinking.

George R. R. Martin
Thinking, Doubt, Lions

Sam loved to listen to music and make his own songs, to wear soft velvets, to play in the castle kitchen beside the cooks, drinking in the rich smells as he snitched lemon cakes and blueberry tarts. His passions were books and kittens and dancing, clumsy as he was.

George R. R. Martin
Song, Drinking, Book
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.232, Bantam

Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.

George R. R. Martin
Writing, Fabulous, Inspired

The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did.

George R. R. Martin
Girl, Prayer, Fog
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.3872, Bantam

Contempt, thought Tyrion, the universal tongue.

George R. R. Martin
Tongue, Contempt, Universal

All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.

George R. R. Martin
Mother, Kings, Deals
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1535, Bantam

Reading. That was the sport I was good at.

George R. R. Martin
Sports, Reading
"These Writing Tips From George R.R. Martin And Robin Hobb Are Just Epic" by Dan Dalton, www.buzzfeed.com. August 20, 2014.

I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to start off with a novel right off, or a trilogy, or even a nine-book series. That's like starting in at rock climbing by tackling Mt. Everest. Short stories help you learn your craft.

George R. R. Martin
Book, Rocks, Climbing

I wonder what the High Septon would have to say about the sanctity of oaths sworn while dead drunk, chained to a wall, with a sword pressed to your chest?

George R. R. Martin
Wall, Drunk, Wonder
George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three”, p.37, Bantam

I want to weep, she thought. I want to be comforted. I'm so tired of being strong. I want to be foolish and frightened for once. Just for a small while, that's all....a day.....an hour.

George R. R. Martin
Strong, Tired, Want
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1014, Bantam

Inside the room, a man and a woman were wrestling. They were both naked.

George R. R. Martin
Wrestling, Men, Naked
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.83, Bantam

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