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121 " You Westerosi are all the same. You sew some beast upon a scrap of silk, and suddenly you are all lions, or dragons, or eagles. "
― George R.R. Martin , A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
122 " I had feared it from the start, from the moment you first smiled at me and let me touch your hand. My own father could not love me. Why would you if not for gold? "
123 " Black or red, a dragon is still a dragon." - Illyrio Mopatis "
124 " I can’t command you to be brave, but I can command you to hide your fears. "
125 " You took me unawares, my lord. I was not told of your coming." - "And I seem to have prevented yours. "
126 " Once a man has seen a dragon in flight, let him stay at home and tend his garden in content, for this wide world has no greater wonder. "
127 " Why did you make your people lambs, when the world is full of wolves. "
128 " A weirwood will live forever if left undisturbed. "
129 " Jon Snow had dreamed of leading men to glory just as King Daeron had, of growing up to be a conqueror. Now he was a man grown and the Wall was his, yet all he had were doubts. He could not even seem to conquer those. "
130 " ...But they were all dead now, even Arya, everyone but her half-brother, Jon. Some nights she heard talk of him, in the taverns and brothels of the Ragman's Harbor. The Black Bastard of the wall, one man had called him. Even Jon would never know Blind Beth, i bet. That made her sad. "
131 " The nights are too long,' he told Missandei, 'and there is much and more to do, always. "
132 " If she pops out sons the way she pops in tarts, the Dreadfort will soon be overrun with Boltons. "
133 " It was almost enough to put a man off whoring. "
134 " You know the words, but you are too proud to serve. A servant must be humble and obedient. "
135 " It is not the foes who curse you to your face that you must fear, but those who smile when you are looking and sharpen their knives when you turn your back. "
136 " Your boat's not like to sink, I don't think. Boats only sink when I'm aboard. "
137 " Many good men have been bad kings, Maester Aemon used to say, and some bad men have been good kings. "
138 " Beyond the Wall the monsters live, the giants and the ghouls, the stalking shadows and the dead that walk, but they cannot pass so long as the Wall stands strong and the men of the Night’s Watch are true. So go to sleep Brandon, my baby boy, and dream sweet dreams. There are no monsters here. "
139 " Hands of gold are always cold, but a woman’s hands are warm. "
140 " You cannot know what the light might summon from the darkness. "