George R. R. Martin Quote Explained: I was always intensely Romantic, even when I was too young to understand what that meant.

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She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her.

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When a man was hurt you took him to the maester, but what could you do when your maester was hurt?

- George R. R. Martin

Hurt

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Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I’m done reading.

- George R. R. Martin

Bed
Reading

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Knowledge is a Weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to Battle.

- George R. R. Martin

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Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can’t protect themselves?

- George R. R. Martin

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One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.

- George R. R. Martin

Speak
Voice

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Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

- George R. R. Martin

Battle
War

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It is being common-born that is dangerous, when the great lords play their game of thrones.

- George R. R. Martin

I was always intensely Romantic, even when I was too young to understand what that meant.

I was always intensely Romantic, even when I was too young to understand what that meant.

She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her.

When a man was hurt you took him to the maester, but what could you do when your maester was hurt?

Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I’m done reading.

Knowledge is a Weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to Battle.

Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can’t protect themselves?

One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.

Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

It is being common-born that is dangerous, when the great lords play their game of thrones.

Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.

The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders.

There was a time when the young of many clans joined together to make new clans.

When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity.

I shall die very young…maybe seventy, maybe eighty, maybe ninety. But I shall be very young.

Comics just don’t retire. They either die young or they go to 100.

They always say ‘youth is wasted on the young’ – there’s something to that.

When my daughter was young, she thought all electronic signs were mine.

I was always intensely Romantic, even when I was too young to understand what that meant.

I was always intensely Romantic, even when I was too young to understand what that meant.

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