I don't ever want t' leave this cave, Jon Snow. Not ever

If half an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion. A man is good or he is evil. (Melisandre of Asshai)

My mother raised me to be bold. If I do not go, I will spend the rest of my life wondering what might have happened if I had." "If you do go, the rest of your life may be too short for wondering. - Asha & Rodrick

Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.

But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about is advancing the plot, why read novels? We can just read Cliffs Notes.

Little redcape," he snarled, "when next you bare steel on Shagga son of Dolf, I will chop off your manhood and roast it in the fire." "What, no goats?" Tyrion said, taking a bite of his cheese.

It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.