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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

George R.R. Martin

Top 10 Best Quotes

“A great battle is a terrible thing," the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart.”

“The snail may leave a trail of slime behind him, but a little slime will do a man no harm, while if you dance with dragons, you must expect to burn.”

“all men are fools, and all men are knights, where women are concerned.”

“And the crow once called the raven black.”

“Some words are wind, ser. Some are treason.”

“Hard things only grow harder if you put them off.”

“Oak and iron, guard me well, or else I'm dead, and doomed to hell.”

“Never refuse a cup of wine or a horn of ale,” Ser Arlan had once told him, “it may be a year before you see another.”

“Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall.”

“The summers have been shorter since the last dragon died, and the winters longer and crueler.”

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