We're setting up mechanisms where we can kill human beings with drones and missiles where you're sitting at a console and pressing the button. We never have to hear their whimpering, or hear them begging for their mother, or dying in horrible realities around us. I don't know if that's necessarily such a good thing.
George R. R. MartinIf somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, itโs a superficial experience isnโt it?
George R. R. MartinShow me the path I must walk and do not let me stumble in the dark places that lie ahead.
George R. R. MartinGive me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.
George R. R. MartinRobert wanted to be loved. My brother Tyrion has the same disease. Do you want to be loved, Sansa?โ โEveryone wants to be loved.โ โI see flowering hasnโt made you any brighter,โ said Cersei. โSansa, permit me to share a bit of womanly wisdom with you on this very special day. Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.
George R. R. MartinWoman?โ She chuckled. โIs that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man.โ Dany met his stare. โI am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, khaleesi to Drogoโs riders, and queen of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
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