"Littlefinger: A trade envoy from Lys once observed to me that Lord Stannis must love his daughter very well, since he'd erected hundreds of statues of her all along the walls of Dragonstone. Tyrion: My lord, those are gargoyles."

-- George R. R. Martin

#Daughter Quotes #Wall Quotes #Gargoyles Quotes

“Ships are a strange kind of commodity because they're very lumpy, very big individual units, but they're commodities.”
“If you don't encounter setbacks in your career, if you don't have doubts and disappointments , let me tell you, you're not dreaming big enough.”
“Where are you off to in such a hurry?â€ His stunning green eyes bore through me. â€œA corpse convention?â€ Even sweaty, Trevor was gorgeous. â€œWhat are you running away from?â€ I retorted. â€œYour mirror?”

Source : Ellen Schreiber (2010). “Love Bites”, p.18, Allen & Unwin
“The difference between faith and superstition is that the first uses reason to go as far as it can, and then makes the jump; the second shuns reason entirely â€” which is why superstition is not the ally, but the enemy, of true religion.”

Source : Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”
“I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research.”
“I'm romantic to some degree, if I really like somebody. I'm more romantic if there's someone that I like than I am a romantic just for romantics sake.”
“Playing without a concurrent critical review of one's skills will simply get you nowhere.”
“And I realized that there's a big difference between deciding to leave and knowing where to go.”

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