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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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When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child, then he will return, and not before.

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Men come and go. They lie, or die, or leave you. A mountain is not a man, though, and a stone is a mountain's daughter. I trust myself, and I trust my...more

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Catelyn wanted to run to him, to kiss his sweet brow, to wrap him in her arms so tightly that he would never come to harm....

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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