Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water.
George R. R. Martin"You look different now. Like a proper little girl," (said Gendry.) "I look like an oak tree, with all these stupid acorns," (said Arya.) "Nice, though. A nice oak tree. [...] You even smell nice for a change."
George R. R. MartinThe maester smiled...Hush now, child, I'm much older than you. I can....die as I please.
George R. R. Martinshe would die as she had lived, with an axe in her hand and a laugh upon her lips.
George R. R. MartinThe city?" Tyrion was lost. "What city would that be?" "King's Landing. I am sending you to court." It was the last thing Tyrion Lannister would ever have anticipated. He reached for his wine, considered for a moment as he sipped. "And what am I to do there?" "Rule," his father said curtly.
George R. R. MartinI 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.
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