He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wrong, between true and false, between life and death.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES You, of all people, should know that what you wear is ninety percent of what people perceive about y... MEGAN FRAMPTON The only true borders lie between day and night, between life and death, between hope and loss. ERIN HUNTER There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the b... ORISON SWETT MARDEN There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the b... ORISON SWETT MARDEN Given a choice between life and death, choose life. Given a choice between right and wrong, choose w... MIRA GRANT Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between l... AARON SORKIN Tents are the difference between life and death, BRAD ADAMS The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong. CARL JUNG The difference between Right and wrong is simple,its principle ACISSEJ FLOWERS The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the fals... SALVADOR DALI The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the fa... SALVADOR DALI The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the fals... SALVADOR DALí The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the fals... SALVADOR DALí I was raised to understand and know the difference between right and wrong. CURT SCHILLING The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning ... MARK TWAIN It was because they were two parts of a whole. He did not belong to her. And she did not belong to h... RENEE AHDIEH Do you know why I adore roses?" Shahrzad untied the knot of his tikka sash with deliberate slowness.... RENEE AHDIEH As always. As ever. As a rose to the sun. RENEE AHDIEH The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable. PATRICK HENRY The hardest choices in life aren't between what's right and what's wrong but between what's right an... JAMIE FORD The difference between the right word and the nearly right word is the difference between lightning ... FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS The difference between moral dilemmas and ethical ones, philosophers say, is that in moral issues th... PAMELA WARRICK The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning ... MARK TWAIN The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning ... MARK TWAIN The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong. C.G. JUNG The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong CARL GUSTAV JUNG There is a difference between listening and hearing, just as there is a difference between seeing an... MEG CABOT What is the distance between here and there, between now and then, between right and wrong? In Greg ... STACEY D'ERASMO We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL There is real confusion about what it means to be right and wrong - the difference between what spir... LISA RANDALL Sometimes a quick decision is the difference between success and failure or life and death SUNDAY ADELAJA There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE The darker the sky, the brighter the stars. RENEE AHDIEH The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large mattertis the diff... MARK TWAIN I think sometimes there is no right thing. ROSAMUND HODGE Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between... GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL Being ready before the storm strikes is sometimes the difference between life and death. JEFF LAST The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils. —... EREC STEBBINS There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and... HAROLD PINTER The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis ... MARK TWAIN The difference between love and hate is the difference between a choice! SASHA AZEVEDO Jesus Christ. This is what sin feels like," he rasped. "Wrong and right, at the same time. Life and ... TESSA BAILEY The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference ... EDMUND BARTON What you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. A... JEANNE DUPRAU There is a difference between procrastination and patience just as there is a difference between wan... BRANDI KEELER There is as much difference between the stage and the film as between a piano and a violin. Normally... ETHEL BARRYMORE A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide do... LUDWIG VON MISES When a man puts on a Character he is a stranger to, there's as
much difference between what he appe... JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between ri... ALAN WATTS Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right. H. JACKSON BROWN, JR. Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right. H. JACKSON BROWN JR. The "war" is being fought along the line between sin and righteousness in every family. It is being ... JOHN PIPER The warm sound of her laughter stole through Khalid's skin, heating the coldest reaches of his soul. RENEE AHDIEH The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods. LUDWIG BORNE Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even mo... TRUMAN CAPOTE Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different kinds of right... PETER SHAFFER The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matt... MARK TWAIN There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself,... FRANCIS BACON It's hard to tell the difference between sea and sky, between voyager and sea. Between reality and t... HARUKI MURAKAMI The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal. MARK TWAIN The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a G... GUY DAVENPORT Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life ... PEARL BUCK Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life ... PEARL S. BUCK Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life ... PEARL S. BUCK The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week ROBERT FROST Khalid would break every bone in your body for what you've done. RENEE AHDIEH We absolutely must battle with every bit of determination we can muster to root out the harm that wo... WESS STAFFORD I suppose you could sum up the religious aspects of my boyhood by saying it was a time of life when ... ROBERT VAUGHN I love the gray area between right and wrong. DAN BROWN The moment between breaths Is the balance of the Force. Between life and death. Rest and action. Ser... GREG RUCKA Detail makes the difference between boring and terrific writing. Its the difference between a penc... RHYS ALEXANDER The difference between me and you,is that I know the difference between fun and love KIMBERLY SHILENJE Between the ages of six and nine, my palette was taking shape as well as my identity as a chef. It w... MARCUS SAMUELSSON One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between th... ROBERT BRESSON One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between th... BERTOLT BRECHT What is the difference between freedom and hedonism? Between freedom and insanity? KAREN ESSEX They know the difference between right and wrong and what's acceptable and not acceptable, and they ... ANNE COVEY I know the difference between true love and the love of my fans. GARY COLEMAN Our community knows the difference between rhetoric and results. They know the difference between pa... ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a p... ETHEL BARRYMORE We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion... RON REAGAN The difference between the rich and the poor, is finding true love. ANTHONY LICCIONE It's the difference between standing with a glass between you and whatever is going on in the world ... JOAN MARRON LARUE The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and... EDWIN WAY TEALE The battle between two men over a girl is the same as the fight for two men over a piece of land. It... BRUNO DUMONT Why do we always begin to think about people when they die? I think we should think about people whi... C. JOYBELL C. Sometimes the difference between good and evil is simply choosing the wrong side to be on. CARL WHITE The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a... NORMAN MAILER The difference between a martyr and a cannon fodder is not far from the difference between a scout a... ILKIN SANTAK Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between... HEBBEL Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between... GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing it exactly right. EDWARD SIMMONS Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference ... RALPH STEADMAN We walk in circles, so limited by our own anxieties that we can no longer distinguish between true a... INGRID BERGMAN Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a p... ETHEL BARRYMORE There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb. UNKNOWN Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism. WALTER KAUFMANN
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MARTIN The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled aro... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It takes courage to admit fear. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.' 'Girls don't shav... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some men think because they're afraid to do . GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You cannot tame a dragon with a history lesson. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Harsh justice is still justice. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour and it can never be us... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister. “Pride?” Catelyn snapp... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Do you think it will truly come to battle between them? If they should come to some accord—” GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Yours was the hand that threw him. You meant for him to die.” His chains chinked softly. “I... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not wa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am Thunder and Thunder is me, we are one beast, we are joined, we are one. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The living have no place at the feasts of the dead. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I love the juice but I loathe sticky fingers. Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN No man is accursed as the kinslayer. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The kinslayer is accursed in the eyes of gods and men, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It is too late for ifs, and too late for rescues,” Catelyn said. “All that remains is vengeance. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Wolves never cry. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN They held each other close and turned their backs upon the end. The hills that split asunder an... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The watcher on the walls. The sword in the darkness. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why won't they let me be? I just need to rest, that's all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a l... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sometimes the storm winds blow so strong a man has no choice but to furl his sails. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jon:'What are you doing up there? Why aren't you at the feast?' Tyrion: 'Too hot, too noisy, an... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN and take the ironmen in the rear while they are beating off what they think is my main thrust up the... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Bad and worse and worst makes a beggar's choice. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, yes. Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know. -Maester Aemon Targaryen, A G... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Her name is Brienne," Jaime said. "Brienne, the maid of Tarth. You are still maiden, I hope?"... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Better to live shamed than die proud. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The crow commands, the captive must obey. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am alive, and drunk on sunlight. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some allies are more dangerous than enemies. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My enemies are legion. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?" <... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You are Arya of Winterfell, daughter of the North. You told me you could be strong. You have the wol... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Politicians were mostly people who'd had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work ag... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go. 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