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A Song of Ice and Fire

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Overview

A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the first volume, A Game of Thrones, in 1991, and published it in 1996. Martin, who originally envisioned the series as a trilogy, has released five out of seven planned volumes. The most recent entry in the series, A Dance with Dragons, was published in 2011. Since then, Martin has been working on the sixth novel, titled The Winds of Winter. A seventh novel, A Dream of Spring, is planned to follow.

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Notable quotes

“In the name of the Warrior I charge you to be brave. In the name of the Father I charge you to be just. In the name of the Mother I charge you to defend the young and innocent. In the name of the Maid I charge you to protect all women...”
— The Hedge Knight (1998). Start of the knighting ceremony
“The gods don't care about men, no more than kings care about peasants.”
— Catelyn (V)—Brienne of Tarth
“She loved the sea. She liked the sharp salty smell of the air, and the vastness of the horizons bounded only by a vault of azure sky above. It made her feel small, but free as well.”
— Daenerys (I)
“Is there anything so disgusting as frozen sweat?”
— Jon (VIII)–Pyp
“Justice. I remember justice. It had a pleasant taste. Justice was what we were about when Beric led us, or so we told ourselves. We were king’s men, knights, and heroes... but some knights are dark and full of terrors, my lady. War makes monsters of us all.”
— Brienne (VIII)—Thoros of Myr
“The time to speak of the cold is not when we are standing in it.”
— Epilogue–Grand Maester Pycelle

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Overview

A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the first volume, A Game of Thrones, in 1991, and published it in 1996. Martin, who originally envisioned the series as a trilogy, has released five out of seven planned volumes. The most recent entry in the series, A Dance with Dragons, was published in 2011. Since then, Martin has been working on the sixth novel, titled The Winds of Winter. A seventh novel, A Dream of Spring, is planned to follow.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“In the name of the Warrior I charge you to be brave. In the name of the Father I charge you to be just. In the name of the Mother I charge you to defend the young and innocent. In the name of the Maid I charge you to protect all women...”
— The Hedge Knight (1998). Start of the knighting ceremony
“The gods don't care about men, no more than kings care about peasants.”
— Catelyn (V)—Brienne of Tarth
“She loved the sea. She liked the sharp salty smell of the air, and the vastness of the horizons bounded only by a vault of azure sky above. It made her feel small, but free as well.”
— Daenerys (I)
“Is there anything so disgusting as frozen sweat?”
— Jon (VIII)–Pyp
“Justice. I remember justice. It had a pleasant taste. Justice was what we were about when Beric led us, or so we told ourselves. We were king’s men, knights, and heroes... but some knights are dark and full of terrors, my lady. War makes monsters of us all.”
— Brienne (VIII)—Thoros of Myr
“The time to speak of the cold is not when we are standing in it.”
— Epilogue–Grand Maester Pycelle

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.