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Fiction is lies; we're writing about people who never existed and events that never happened when we write fiction, whether its science fiction or fan...more

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The hard truths are the ones to hold tight.-The Old Bear, A Game of Thrones

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

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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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I sailed up to the cold stars but they were cold no longer, and I grew bigger and bigger until I was the stars and they were me, and I was Union, and ...more

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People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

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The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth,

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Most of the stories you hear about dragons are fodder for fools.

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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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Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

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Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go.

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It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to.

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He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wron...more

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Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.

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No,” said Bran. “I haven’t. And if I have it doesn’t matter. Sometimes Old Nan would tell the same story she’d told before, but we never minded, if it...more