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Time Quotes by George R.R. Martin

65 Time quotes by George R.R. Martin

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George R.R. Martin describes time as a river that carries us forward, while the past and future can blur into a single instant. He compares a lone wolf dying to a pack surviving, showing how people need each other. He also notes that having gold now can feel better than hoping for future riches.

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“He’ll need a good beating from time to time. Be careful o’ his teeth, though. He bites.”

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“Here and now, with winter soon upon us, that is a different matter. It is time to begin growing up.”

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“Sitting on a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.”

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“Bronn grinned one last time, and walked out of the door, the castle, and his life.”

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“For just a moment Tyrion Lannister stood tall as a king.”

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“In battle, discipline beats numbers nine times of every ten.”

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“Grieve for them. Honor them for their valor. But not now. You have no time for grief.”

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“Gold in my purse is better than gold in my future”

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“Maester Luwin says there's nothing in dreams that a man need fear.' 'There is,' said Jojen. 'What?' 'The past. The future. The…

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“Keep your mouth shut and do as I tell you, and maybe we’ll even be in time for your uncle’s bloody wedding.”

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“Sometimes Old Nan would tell the same story she'd told before, but we bever mindedn if it was a good story. Old…

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“How time seemed to blur and slow and even stop, how the past and the future vanished until there was nothing but…

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“All he needed to do was nothing. a few moments more, and he would be with his sons now, resting in the…

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“-Can a man be brave when he is afraid?- Bran asked after a moment's thought. -"It's the only time he can be…

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“The vilest of men and the wickedest of women likewise may do good from time to time, for love and compassion and…

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“Men were not meant to leave the earth. Spend too much time in the clouds and you never want to come back…

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“A long time ago, she remembered her father saying that when the cold winds blow the lone wolf dies but the pack…

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“After a time some of the hedge knights and men-at-arms amongst his rabble began to paint images of the “Cock o’ the…

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“Bran had told himself a hundred times how much he hated hiding down here in the dark, how much he wanted to…

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“You'll think of me every time you go to bed. Then you'll get hard and you'll have no one to help you…

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“As he stood outside the armory looking up, Jon felt almost as overwhelmed as he had that day on the kingsroad, when…

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“You are Alayne, and you must be Alayne all the time." He put two fingers on her left breast. "Even here. In…

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“I have never liked you, Cersei, but you were my own sister, so I never did you harm. You’ve ended that. I…

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“ I thought that I was the Warrior and Cersei was the Maid, but all the time she was the Stranger, hiding…

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“Old Nan nodded. ‘In that darkness, the Others came for the first time,’ she said as her needles went click, click, click.…

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“It was all too much. For a moment Eddard Stark wanted nothing so much as to return to Winterfell, to the clean…

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“Robert looked off into the darkness, for a moment as melancholy as a Stark. “I swear to you, sitting a throne is…

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“The Milkwater would take them past the Fist of the First Men, the ancient ringfort where the Night’s Watch had made its…

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“ Ow! " she cried out. She would have a fresh bruise there by the time she went to sleep, somewhere out…

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“It's just a stupid sword," she said, aloud this time... ... but it wasn't. Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her…

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“I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an…

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“The truth is, I wanted to watch you for a time before pledging you my sword. To make certain that you were…

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“The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ...…

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“Dany "Bring me that book I was reading last night." She wanted to lose herself in the words, in other times and…

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“Samwell Tarly looked at him for a long moment, and his round face seemed to cave in on itself. He sat down…

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“Her clothes were almost dry by the time she reached the gatehouse. The portcullis was down and the gates barred, so she…

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“Tyrion turned to his nephew. “Joffrey, it is past time you called on Lord Eddard and his lady, to offer them your…

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“Could you bring back a man without a head?” Arya asked. “Just the once, not six times. Could you?” “I have no…

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“This time the Imp meant to fight, and a city that fought could expect no mercy at all.”

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“Do you think I do not know that? Oberyn is with me every time I close my eyes.” Doran Martell”

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“You are the queen, he ought to be begging leave of you.”

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“Everything Syrio Forel had ever taught her vanished in a heartbeat. In that instant of sudden terror, the only lesson Arya could remember was…

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“Megga couldn’t sing, but she was mad to be kissed. She and Alla played a kissing game sometimes, she confessed, but it wasn’t the…

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“The rain feels good against my face, Sam. It feels like tears. Let me stay a while longer, I pray you. It has been…

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“Every man who walks the earth casts a shadow on the world. Some are thin and weak, others long and dark.”

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“The shy girl she had known at Riverrun had grown into a woman who was by turns proud, fearful, cruel, dreamy, reckless, timid, stubborn,…

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“He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber, poor fool.”

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“On the morning after battle the crows had feasted on victors and vanquished alike. How much can a crown be worth when a crow…

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“The little man gave the big one a look. One of his eyes was green, one was black, and both were cool.”

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“Jon, could there be honor in a lie, if it were told for a...good purpose? - Samwell”

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“My mother said my father had a drop of dragon blood.” “Two drops. That, or a cock six feet long.”

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