"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...

Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.
~ George R. R. Martin ~












Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.

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