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title: "28 Ifs Quotes By George R. R. Martin"
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> [If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/if-you-die-before-you-say-her-name-ser-i-will-hunt-you-through-all/)

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> [If ice can burn, then love and hate can mate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/if-ice-can-burn-then-love-and-hate-can-mate/)

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> [If we leave our smells behind us when we leave a room, surely something of our souls must remain when we leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/if-we-leave-our-smells-behind-us-when-we-leave-a-room-surely/)

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> [If half an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion. A man is good or he is evil. (Melisandre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/if-half-an-onion-is-black-with-rot-it-is-a-rotten-onion-a-man-is-good/)

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> [Woman? Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man. - Daenerys Targaryen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/woman-is-that-meant-to-insult-me-i-would-return-the-slap-if-i-took/)

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> [If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it’s a superficial experience isn’t it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/if-somebody-dies-and-you-just-go-get-more-popcorn-it-s-a-superficial/)

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> [I do play all the characters, when I write them, one after another. If they actually had to film me, the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-do-play-all-the-characters-when-i-write-them-one-after-another-if/)

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> [He understood the way that you could sometimes fall right into them, as if each page was a hole into another world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/he-understood-the-way-that-you-could-sometimes-fall-right-into-them/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/if-the-day-comes-when-you-would-find-me-again-give-that-coin-to-any/)

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> [I was a journalism major, and I would take creative writing classes as part of that, but I would also look for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-was-a-journalism-major-and-i-would-take-creative-writing-classes-as/)

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> [ \[as for evolution\]…cutting out the sections \[on the subject\] is preferrable if the portions are not thick enough to cause damage to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/as-for-evolution-cutting-out-the-sections-on-the-subject-is/)

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> [If H. P. Lovecraft and H. L. Mencken had ever collaborated, they might have come up with something like The Edge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/if-h-p-lovecraft-and-h-l-mencken-had-ever-collaborated-they-might/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-common-people-pray-for-rain-healthy-children-and-a-summer-that-2/)

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> [Will holding a secret in your heart make it any less true? If you never tell, never speak of it, will it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/will-holding-a-secret-in-your-heart-make-it-any-less-true-if-you/)

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> [As a writer, my goal, (which I'm never going to achieve, and I know that, and no writer can achieve that,) but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/as-a-writer-my-goal-which-i-m-never-going-to-achieve-and-i-know-that/)

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> [We're setting up mechanisms where we can kill human beings with drones and missiles where you're sitting at a console and pressing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/we-re-setting-up-mechanisms-where-we-can-kill-human-beings-with/)

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> [In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are complete bastards,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/in-order-to-get-inside-their-skin-i-have-to-identify-with-them-that/)

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> [There are a lot of people out there who will write books, in which everything turns out nicely and the bad guys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/there-are-a-lot-of-people-out-there-who-will-write-books-in-which/)

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> [I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-hate-outlines-i-have-a-broad-sense-of-where-the-story-is-going-i/)

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> [There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/there-is-no-shame-in-loving-if-your-septons-say-there-is-your-seven/)

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> [And if I'm guilty of having gratuitous sex, then I'm also guilty of having gratuitous violence, and gratuitous feasting, and gratuitous description…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/and-if-i-m-guilty-of-having-gratuitous-sex-then-i-m-also-guilty-of/)

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> [I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-m-a-strong-believer-in-telling-stories-through-a-limited-but-very/)

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> [All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/all-fiction-if-it-s-successful-is-going-to-appeal-to-the-emotions/)

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> [There are a number of things that I'm trying to get into the books. There's a meta-fictional aspect, if I may use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/there-are-a-number-of-things-that-i-m-trying-to-get-into-the-books/)

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> [A lot of fantasy names are too much. They’re too difficult to pronounce. I wanted the flavour of medieval England. I took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/a-lot-of-fantasy-names-are-too-much-they-re-too-difficult-to/)

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> [There’s an old writing rule that says ‘Don’t have two character names start with the same letter’, but I knew at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/there-s-an-old-writing-rule-that-says-don-t-have-two-character-names/)

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> [Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/ruling-is-hard-this-was-maybe-my-answer-to-tolkien-whom-as-much-as-i/)

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> [Much as I admire Tolkien, I once again always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/much-as-i-admire-tolkien-i-once-again-always-felt-like-gandalf-should/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by George R. R. Martin

> [Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t ask the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/tolkien-can-say-that-aragorn-became-king-and-reigned-for-a-hundred/)

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> [ The best writing advice I had was \[in\] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-best-writing-advice-i-had-was-in-heinlein-s-rules-for-writers-by/)

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> [In this world, only winter is certain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/in-this-world-only-winter-is-certain/)

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> [“A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/a-man-who-sees-nothing-has-no-use-for-his-eyes/)

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> [The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-true-horrors-of-human-history-derive-not-from-orcs-and-dark-lords/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/that-little-touch-is-not-in-the-books-but-i-wish-it-had-been-in-the/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-always-felt-like-gandalf-should-have-stayed-dead-that-was-such-an/)

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> [“The title was but a courtesy due him as a council member; Varys was lord of nothing but the spiderweb, the master of none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-title-was-but-a-courtesy-due-him-as-a-council-member-varys-was/)

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> [The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-girl-had-hoped-for-fog-but-the-gods-ignored-her-prayers-as-gods/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/over-the-years-more-than-one-reviewer-has-described-my-fantasy-series/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/jaime-had-decided-that-he-would-return-sansa-and-the-younger-girl-as/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/if-the-day-comes-when-you-would-find-me-again-give-that-coin-to-any/)

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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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/believe-it-or-not-i-worked-four-summers-in-college-as-a-sports-writer/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-believe-that-women-are-many-different-types-of-people-there-are/)

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> [I know nothing and perhaps I never will,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-know-nothing-and-perhaps-i-never-will/)

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