"Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about history that never happe...
Dragons are fire made flesh.
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"The lord of light made the sun and moon and stars to light our day, and gave us fire to keep the night at bay.
"A dozen great fires raged under the city walls, where casks of burning pitch had exploded, but the wildfire reduced them to no more than candles in a ...
"Ice can kill as dead as fire.
"What fire joins none man can put aside,
"Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he could kill a duck."Tyrion shrugged. "Fetch the duc...
"Most of the stories you hear about dragons are fodder for fools.
"She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream. Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings o...
"And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history?”“If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.
"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...
"As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black hissed, pale smoke venting from its mouth and nostrils. The other two pulled away from her breasts a...
"Day followed day, and night followed night, until Dany knew she could not endure a moment longer. She would kill herself rather than go on, she decide...
"The fire that burns against the cold.
"Any cat may stare into a fire and see red mice play,
"Life is warmth and warmth is fire, and fire is God's and God's alone.