George R. R. Martin quote: He was a pitiful thing. He had always been a pitiful thing. Why had she never seen that before? There ...

He was a pitiful thing. He had always been a pitiful thing. Why had she never seen that before? There was a hollow place inside her where her fear had been.

~ George R. R. Martin ~

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