Lords are gold and knights steel, but two links can't make a chain. You also need silver and iron and lead, tin and copper and bronze and all the rest, and those are farmers and smiths and merchants and the like. A chain needs all sorts of metals, and a land needs all sorts of people.
George R. R. MartinSer Cleos looked like a weasel, fought like a goose, and had the courage of an especially brave ewe.
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. MartinThere is only one god and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: “Not today.
George R. R. MartinMy biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls... And I really think that worked out pretty well for me.
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