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Give me priests who are fat and corrupt and cynical,(...) the sort who like to sit on soft satin cushions, nibble sweetmeats, and diddle little boys. It's the ones who believe in gods who make the trouble. (Tyrion)

Give me priests who are fat and corrupt and cynical,(...) the sort who like to sit on soft satin cushions, nibble sweetmeats, and diddle little boys. It's the ones who believe in gods who make the trouble. (Tyrion)

George R. R. Martin
Believe, Boys, Giving
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.286, Bantam

I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.

George R. R. Martin
Hurt, Thinking, Giving
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.1377, Bantam

Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.

George R. R. Martin
Sleep, Night, Giving
George R. R. Martin (2016). “A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.90, Bantam

What are gods for if not to sit in judgment over men? The Many-Faced God does not weigh men's souls, however. He gives his gift to the best of men as he gives it to the worst. Elsewise the good would live forever.

George R. R. Martin
Men, Giving, Forever
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.3867, Bantam

I don’t know what message to send to Bran. Help him Tyrion.” “What help could I give him? I am no maester, to ease his pain. I have no spell to give him back his legs.” “You gave me help when I needed it” Jon Snow said. “I gave you nothing,” Tyrion said. “Words.” “Then give your words to Bran too.

George R. R. Martin
Pain, Snow, Giving

Give a thing a name and it will somehow come to be.

George R. R. Martin
Names, Giving
George R. R. Martin (2004). “Dying of the Light”, p.95, Bantam

Give me a good sharp knife and a good sharp cheese and I’m a happy man.

George R. R. Martin
Men, Knives, Giving
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.805, Bantam

Too stupid to learn and too stupid to give up.

George R. R. Martin
Giving Up, Stupid, Giving
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.2710, Bantam

If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him--valar morghulis.

George R. R. Martin
Kings, Men, Giving
"A Clash of Kings". Book by George R. R. Martin, 1998.

The Gods give with one hand and take with the other.

George R. R. Martin
Hands, Giving, Tyrion
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.1231, Bantam

From where I sit, battles are hard. I’ve written my share. Sometimes I employ the private’s viewpoint, very up close and personal, dropping the reader right into the middle of the carnage. That’s vivid and visceral, but of necessity chaotic, and it is easy to lose all sense of the battle as a whole. Sometimes I go with the general’s point of view instead, looking down from on high, seeing lines and flanks and reserves. That gives a great sense of the tactics, of how the battle is won or lost, but can easily slide into abstraction.

George R. R. Martin
Writing, Views, Giving
Interview with Bernard Cornwell, www.bernardcornwell.net.

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