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Torches just blind you. On a clear night like this, the moon and the stars are enough.

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

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Men come and go. They lie, or die, or leave you.

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She could not bear to look at him just now. If she did, she might well slap him again. Or cry. Or kiss him. And never know which was right and which w...more

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Yet even so, Jon Snow was not sorry he had come. There were wonders here as well. He had seen sunlight flashing on icy thin waterfalls as they plunged...more

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Sometimes," Catelyn said slowly, "the best thing you can do is nothing. When I first came to Winterfell, I was hurt whenever Ned went to the godwood t...more

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Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the queen. They had repaid that love and trust with her ...more

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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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She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honou...more

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There is no shame in loving.

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The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.

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I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. T...more

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It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe... and mine again as she was meant to be. I ask y...more

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He is a sweet boy, quick to laugh, easy to love.

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We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.