George R. R. Martin Quotes — Page 23

Novelist, Screenwriter

Courageous

“I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good days I look up and it's dark outside and the whole day has gone by and I don't know where it's gone. But there's bad days, too. Where I struggle and sweat and a half hour creeps by and I've written three words. And half a day creeps by and I've written a sentence and a half and then I quit for the day and play computer games. You know, sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you. [Laughs]”

Morning Struggle Coffee

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George R. R. Martin

Novelist, Screenwriter

Angry

“No man threatens His Grace in the presence of the Kingsguard.” Tyrion Lannister raised an eyebrow. “I am not threatening the king, ser, I am educating my nephew. Bronn, Timett, the next time Ser Boros opens his mouth, kill him.” The dwarf smiled. “Now that was a threat, ser. See the difference?”

Men Kings Dwarves

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Lonely

“There is an empty place within me where my heart once was.”

Heart Empty Places

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Calm

“The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer.”

Morning Summer

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Angry

“All my life men like you've sneered at me, and all my life I've been knocking men like you into the dust.”

Men Dust Thrones

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Melancholic

“What was it Catelyn Stark had called them, that night at Bitterbridge? The knights of summer. And now it was autumn and they were falling like leaves.”

Fall Summer Autumn

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Grateful

“I heard a Lannister always pays his debts." "Oh, every penny....but never a groat more. You'll get the meal you bargained for, but it won't be sauced with gratitude, and in the end it will not nourish you.”

Gratitude Debt Meals

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Philosophical

“Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not the first. King Jaehaerys once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, he said, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.”

Children Father Kings

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Sad

“Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)”

Earth Wonder Ugly

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Sad

“This world is twisted beyond hope, when lowborn smugglers must vouch for the honor of kings.”

World Kings Honor

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Funny

“The apples stewed with prunes are excellent, except for the prunes, I won't eat prunes myself. Well, there was one time when Hobb chopped them up with chesnuts and carrots and hid them in a hen. Never trust a cook, my lord. They'll prune you when you least expect it.”

Apples Never Trust Hens

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Confident

“Don’t call me Lord Snow.” The dwarf lifted an eyebrow. “Would you rather be called the Imp? Let them see that their words can cut you and you’ll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name take it make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore.”

Hurt Cutting Dwarves

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