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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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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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Mine is the blood of the dragon.

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A bloody sword is a beautiful thing.

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There is power in a King's blood.

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Most have been forgotten. Most deserve to be forgotten. The heroes will always be remembered. The best. The best and the worst. And a few who were a b...more

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Blood calls to blood.

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War seems like a fine adventure, the greatest most of them will ever know. Then they get a taste of battle. For some, that one taste is enough to brea...more

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We are one. Man, horse, lance, we are one beast of blood and wood and iron.

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All men are fools, and all men are knights where women are concerned.

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A great battle is a terrible thing," the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could br...more

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Brick and blood built Astapor, and brick and blood her people.

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Can I dwell on what I scarce remember? I held a castle on the Marches once, and there was a woman I was pledged to marry, but I could not find that ca...more