Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

You were made to be kissed, often and well.

George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

You were made to be kissed, often and well.

George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

December is a bewitching month. The grey of cold teeters on the edge of becoming the most enchanting blue.

George R.R. Martin

>>Neil Gaiman and George R.R. Martin mention their shared love of Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones and Lucifer Morningstar in The Sandman).<<

You were made to be kissed, often and well.

George R.R. Martin

Interviewer: Do you think it's possible to have a dragon and live a benevolent life? Or would you inherently get pulled into using that power?

George: That's an interesting question… It's often been said that the dragons are the nuclear weapons of my imaginary world. They are the most devastating weapon and they cause great destruction and massive loss of life… This is part of Dany's storyline in the original novels. Dany has three dragons, but that doesn't mean she can necessarily rule cities like Meereen, where she finds herself Queen, easily, without destroying them… I'm a baby boomer, born in 1948, and, growing up in the 50’s, there was always the spectre of nuclear war. I lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis and Khrushchev and saber-rattling and there were all these books about the nuclear Holocaust or about Armageddon... We were worried about that, but these nuclear weapons have only been used twice in all of history on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Afterwards there was a long period where only America had nuclear weapons, nobody else in the world had them, and there were always these concerns about “well, we can win any of these wars”. MacArthur and some other people wanted to use the atomic bomb in the Korean War. When China invaded, the thought process was “why are we letting them do that? We could win the war!”… Barry Goldwater, in the 1964 election, also thought “Why are we fighting this war in Vietnam? Let's just drop a nuke on Hanoi.”… But we never did it, we always refrained. We were the dragon riders that would only use our dragons to intimidate… but now as more and more countries have that, I think the danger becomes greater and greater and someday someone is going to use them. Right now the danger is very high, if Putin starts losing the war in Ukraine is he going to resort to nukes? And then the question becomes “if Putin does resort to nukes, does America unleash it’s dragons or do we not and let him get away with it?”. These are profound questions, we could debate this for an hour with a panel of political scientists, but there’s not an easy answer.

- George R.R. Martin, A Conversation with George R R Martin

The Wall is mine

By Elenya.

Sound the horns!

You were made to be kissed, often and well.

George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

She wanted a storm to match her rage.

George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

You were made to be kissed, often and well.

George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

The past remains the past. We can learn from it, but we cannot change it.

George R.R. Martin

George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings