I was like a well trained pianist who knows which note to hit, but can't make the music … - David Benioff

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If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself.

David Benioff

I was like a well trained pianist who knows which note to hit, but can't make the music his own.

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This is good, life must continue, we are fighting barbarians, but we must remain human.

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She leaned forward and kissed me on the lips. He mouth was cold, her lips rough from the winter wind, and if the mystics are right and we are doomed to repeat our squalid lives ad infinitum, at least I will always return to that kiss

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