George R. R. Martin Quotes — Page 26

Novelist, Screenwriter

Philosophical

“A great many of the epic fantasies, from The Lord of the Rings onward, are about war, but to my mind, a lot of it doesn't really deal honestly with the consequences of war, what war does to us, as a society, what war does to us, as individuals, and the struggle for power, in the same way, and what we're fighting for.”

War Fighting Struggle

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George R. R. Martin

Novelist, Screenwriter

Hopeful

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

People Trying Littles

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Funny

“a man who hates music can’t be trusted, I always say.”

Men Hate

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Spiritual

“A man agrees with god as a raindrop agrees with the storm”

Men Storm

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Creative

“I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings.”

Stories Numbers Endless

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Courageous

“It was a cruel fate, Yet not so cruel as Mago's will be. I promise you that, by the old gods and the new, by the lamb god and the horse god and every god that lives. I swear by the Mother of Mountains and the Womb of the World. Before I am done with them, Mago and Ko Jhaqo will plead for the mercy they showed Eroeh.”

Mother Horse Fate

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Regretful

“It is being common-born that is dangerous, when the great lords play their game of thrones.”

Play Games Thrones

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Funny

“How I have yearned for the sound of your sweet voice,” Tyrion sighed to her. “How I have yearned to have that eunuch’s tongue pulled out with hot pincers,” Cersei replied.”

Voice Sound Sweet

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Melancholic

“They are children, Sansa thought. They are silly little girls, even Elinor. They’ve never seen a battle, they’ve never seen a man die, they know nothing. Their dreams were full of songs and stories, the way hers had been before Joffrey cut her fathers head off. Sansa pitied them. Sansa envied them.”

Dream Song Girl

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Courageous

“Death, there will be death, aye. Your lordship lost a son at the Red Wedding. I lost four upon the Blackwater. And why? Because the Lannisters stole the throne. Go to King’s Landing and look on Tommen with your own eyes, if you doubt me. A blind man could see it. What does Stannis offer you? Vengeance. Vengeance for my sons and yours, for your husbands and your fathers and your brothers. Vengeance for your murdered lord, your murdered king, your butchered princes. Vengeance!”

Brother Kings Husband

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Sad

“And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history? If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.”

Lessons Dragons Conquer The World

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Grateful

“Ser Jaime?" Even in soiled pink satin and torn lace, Brienne looked more like a man in a gown than a proper woman."I am grateful, but...you were well away. Why come back?" A dozen quips came to mind, each crueler than the one before, but Jaime only shrugged. "I dreamed of you," he said.”

Men Mind Grateful

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