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Even brave men blind themselves sometimes, when they are afraid to see.

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Armageddon,' Sandy said. 'The final battle. The ultimate confrontation between good and evil. That's what armageddon is supposed to be. Right?'Hobbins...more

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Fighting is better than this waiting,” Brienne said. “You don’t feel so helpless when you fight. You have a sword and a horse, sometimes an axe. When ...more

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The battle fever. He had never thought to experience it himself, though Jamie had told him of it often enough. How time seemed to blur and slow and ev...more

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Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert hi...more

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There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.

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There is sitting and there is sitting. (...) Each one waits for the other to move, but the lion is poised, his tail twitching, while the fawn is froze...more

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But words in a book were one thing. The true test came in battle.

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No singer would ever make a song about that battle. No maester would ever write down an account for one of the Reader's beloved books. No banners flew...more

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Disease could wipe out an army quicker than any battle.

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Never speak of defeat before battle.

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The looters comes with the carrion crows after every battle.

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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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Robb says the man died bravely, but Jon says he was afraid.""What do you think?" his father asked.Bran thought about it. "can a man still be brave if ...more

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Slowly the shapes around her took on form. Huge empty eyes stared at her hungrily through the gloom, and dimly she saw the jagged shadows of long teet...more