George R. R. Martin Quotes - Page 16

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• I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to start off with a novel right off, or a trilogy, or even a nine-book series. That's like starting in at rock climbing by tackling Mt. Everest. Short stories help you learn your craft.

  George R. R. Martin

  Book, Rocks, Climbing

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• You little fool. Tears are not a woman's only weapon. You've got another one between your legs, and you'd best learn to use it. You'll find men use their swords freely enough. Both kinds of swords.

  George R. R. Martin

  Men, Tears, Use

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1330, Bantam

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• Irri and Jhiqui argued about Rakharo. “You are too skinny for him,” Jhiqui was saying. “You are almost a boy. Rakharo does not bed with boys. This is known.” Irri bristled back. “It is known that you are almost a cow. Rakharo does not bed with cows.

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  Boys, Bed, Doe

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• I had a couple of friends, but I was mostly the kid with his nose in a book.

  George R. R. Martin

  Couple, Book, Kids

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The air smelled of paper and dust and years.

  George R. R. Martin

  Air, Dust, Years

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.817, Bantam

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• A man could not always be where he belonged, though.

  George R. R. Martin

  Men

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.109, Bantam

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• An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child's riddle?

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  Kings, Children, Knights

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.3332, Bantam

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• An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.

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  Kings, Mistake, Fall

  "‘Game Of Thrones’ Author George R. R. Martin Answers Fans’ Questions Live" by Amy Lee, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2011.

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• It was bitingly cold up here,and the wind pulled at his clothes like an insistent lover.

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  Wind, Clothes, Lovers

  George R. R. Martin (2016). “A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.228, Bantam

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• I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.

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  Two, Historical, Skins

  "George R.R. Martin’s Inspiration For ‘A Game Of Thrones’" by George R.R. Martin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 26, 2013.

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• The years leech at a man's memories, even those he has vowed never to forget.

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  Memories, Men, Years

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.359, Bantam

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• Give a thing a name and it will somehow come to be.

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  Names, Giving

  George R. R. Martin (2004). “Dying of the Light”, p.95, Bantam

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• I grew up with four T.V. channels. If you missed a show, you missed it. You gotta wait a week for the next one. I'd mail-order books: take a quarter, get an envelope, send off for it and wait until it arrived. I grew up waiting for things.

  George R. R. Martin

  Book, Order, Waiting

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• That man said he’d take your head too.” “Well, as to that,” Yoren said, “if he can get it off my shoulders, he’s welcome to it.

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  Men, Welcome, Said

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.816, Bantam

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• The distinction between literary and genre fiction is stupid and pernicious. It dates back to a feud between Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James. James won, and it split literature into two streams. But it's a totally false dichotomy.

  George R. R. Martin

  Stupid, Two, Feuds

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate.

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  Men, Useless, Nipples

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.2509, Bantam

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• And the mystery knight should defeat all challengers and name the wolf maid the queen of love and beauty.

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  Queens, Knights, Names

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• Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born.

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  Winter, Boys, Men

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.127, Bantam

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• The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did.

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  Girl, Prayer, Fog

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.3872, Bantam

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• All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.

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  Mother, Kings, Deals

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1535, Bantam

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• Contempt, thought Tyrion, the universal tongue.

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  Tongue, Contempt, Universal

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• Reading. That was the sport I was good at.

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  Sports, Reading

  "These Writing Tips From George R.R. Martin And Robin Hobb Are Just Epic" by Dan Dalton, www.buzzfeed.com. August 20, 2014.

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• I wonder what the High Septon would have to say about the sanctity of oaths sworn while dead drunk, chained to a wall, with a sword pressed to your chest?

  George R. R. Martin

  Wall, Drunk, Wonder

  George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three”, p.37, Bantam

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• I want to weep, she thought. I want to be comforted. I'm so tired of being strong. I want to be foolish and frightened for once. Just for a small while, that's all....a day.....an hour.

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  Strong, Tired, Want

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1014, Bantam

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• There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.

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  War, Men, Hands

  George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three”, p.343, Bantam

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