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My mother said my father had a drop of dragon blood.”“Two drops. That, or a cock six feet long.

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Every child knows its mother, Dany thought. When the seas go dry and the mountains blow in the wind like leaves.

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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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Laughter is poison to fear.

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There is entirely too much tut-tutting in this realm, if you ask me. All these kings would do a deal better if they put down their swords and listened...more