The vast majority of writers out there, they finish their books and no one cares whether their book is late or ever comes out at all. And then it comes out and two reviews are published and it sells 12 copies.
George R. R. MartinDonโt call me Lord Snow.โ The dwarf lifted an eyebrow. โWould you rather be called the Imp? Let them see that their words can cut you and youโll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name take it make it your own. Then they canโt hurt you with it anymore.
George R. R. MartinJon shrugged. 'Girls get the arms but not the swords. Bastards get the swords but not the arms. I did not make the rules, little sister.
George R. R. MartinFree folk don't follow names, or little cloth animals sewn on a tunic," the King-Beyond-the-Wall had told him. "They won't dance for coins, they don't care how your style yourself or what that chain of office means or who your grandsire was. They follow strength. They follow the man.
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