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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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You don't just have people who wake up in the morning and say, "What evil things can I do today, because I'm Mr. Evil?" People do things for what they...more

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There are gods and there are true knights too. All the stories can't be lies.

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The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth,

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Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a little less bad.

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An ugly smile. An ugly soul.

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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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We are only human, and the Gods have fashioned us for love. This is our greatest glory and our greatest tragedy.

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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.