Children Quotes by George R. R. Martin

12 Children quotes by George R. R. Martin

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Even a master of epic sagas can turn his pen to the simple truths of youth. These twelve quotes reveal Martin’s surprisingly gentle side, reminding us that even dragons have a soft spot for little ones.

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His chains chinked softly. I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health. Yes, I meant for him to die.

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“I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health.”

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It's very hard to find a good child actor. There are a lot of child actors out there, especially in America, and…

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The common people pray for rain, healthy children and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the…

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Sometimes I think some of my fellow novelists who have not worked in television and film are very naive about this process.…

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There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one…

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Let me tell you something about wolves, child. When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but…

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You could make a poultice out of mud to cool a fever. You could plant seeds in mud and grow a crop…

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I think in television and film, it's not usually the child's point of view. It's the story of an adult. If there's…

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The truth of it is, writers do have peculiar relationships with their characters. They are our children in more senses than one.…

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Does he think to scare me? Arya kissed him where his nose should be and plucked the grave worm from his eye…

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Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your…

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“A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes.”

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That little touch is not in the books, but I wish it had been in the books because it was a great addition.

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I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the…

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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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Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about history that…

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“Jaime had decided that he would return Sansa, and the younger girl as well if she could be found. It was not like to…

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If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him--valar…

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Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne,…

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I believe that women are many different types of people. There are brave women, there are cowardly women, there are altruistic women, there are…

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