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Up and down, Meera would sigh sometimes as they walked, then down and up. Then up and down again. I hate these stupid mountains of yours, Prince Bran.Yesterday you said you loved them.Oh, I do. My lord father told me about mountains, but I never saw one till now. I love them more than I can say.Bran made a face at her. But you just said you hated them.Why can't it be both? Meera reached up to pinch his nose.Because they're different, he insisted. Like night and day, or ice and fire.If ice can burn, said Jojen in his solemn voice, then love and hate can mate. Mountain or marsh, it makes no matter. The land is one.One, his sister agreed, but over wrinkled.

George R.R. Martin

Up and down, Meera would sigh sometimes as they walked, then down and up. Then up and down again. I hate these stupid mountains of yours, Prince Bran.Yesterday you said you loved them.Oh, I do. My lord father told me about mountains, but I never saw one till now. I love them more than I can say.Bran made a face at her. But you just said you hated them.Why can't it be both? Meera reached up to pinch his nose.Because they're different, he insisted. Like night and day, or ice and fire.If ice can burn, said Jojen in his solemn voice, then love and hate can mate. Mountain or marsh, it makes no matter. The land is one.One, his sister agreed, but over wrinkled.

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About George R.R. Martin

George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as GRRM, is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer, and short story writer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which were adapted into the Emmy Award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present). He also helped create the Wild Cards anthology series, and contributed worldbuilding for Elden Ring.
In 2005, Lev Grossman of Time called Martin "the American Tolkien", and in 2011, he was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. He is a longtime resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he helped fund Meow Wolf and owns the Jean Cocteau Cinema. The city commemorates March 29 as George R. R. Martin Day.