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Fiction is lies; we're writing about people who never existed and events that never happened when we write fiction, whether its science fiction or fan...more

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The hard truths are the ones to hold tight.-The Old Bear, A Game of Thrones

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It’s you and me that matters to me and you.

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Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and ...more

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Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.

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What are you doing to me?” he asked the crow, tearful. Teaching you how to fly. “I can’t fly!” You’re flying right now. “I’m falling!” Every flight be...more

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Then a begging brother in a tattered brown robe said a blessing on his sword, and a maid kissed his cheek. 'They are for me,' "Why?" He asked Pate. "W...more

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People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

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How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?" Jaime reached for the flagon to refill his cup. "So many ...more

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There are gods and there are true knights too. All the stories can't be lies.

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The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth,

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Men's lives have meaning, not their deaths.

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I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.""Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?""How else? Though not...more

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Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

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Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go.