I buried him with mine own hands, in a place he showed me once when I was a squire at Stormโs End. No one shall ever find him there to disturb his rest.โ He looked at Jaime defiantly. โI will defend King Tommen with all my strength, I swear it. I will give my life for his if need be. But I will never betray Renly, by word or deed. He was the king that should have been. He was the best of them.
George R. R. MartinIf I wanted to honor you, Iยดd let you retire. I am planing to make you run the kingdom and fight the wars while I eat and drink
George R. R. MartinThe common people pray for rain, healthy children and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.
George R. R. MartinSmall men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he could kill a duck." Tyrion shrugged. "Fetch the duck.
George R. R. MartinOh, my sweet summer child," Old Nan said quietly, "what do you know of fear? Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feet deep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north. Fear is for the long night, when the sun hides its face for years at a time, and little children are born and live and die all in darkness while the direwolves grow gaunt and hungry, and the white walkers move through the woods
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