George R.R. Martin Quote
You were small, but far-famed. We were in Oldtown at your birth, and all the city talked of was the monster that had been born to the King’s Hand, and what such an omen might foretell for the realm.Famine, plague, and war, no doubt. Tyrion gave a sour smile. It’s always famine, plague, and war. Oh, and winter, and the long night that never ends.All that, said Prince Oberyn, and your father’s fall as well. Lord Tywin had made himself greater than King Aerys, I heard one begging brother preach, but only a god is meant to stand above a king. You were his curse, a punishment sent by the gods to teach him that he was no better than any other man.I try, but he refuses to learn. Tyrion gave a sigh. But do go on, I pray you. I love a good tale.And well you might, since you were said to have one, a stiff curly tail like a swine’s.
You were small, but far-famed. We were in Oldtown at your birth, and all the city talked of was the monster that had been born to the King’s Hand, and what such an omen might foretell for the realm.Famine, plague, and war, no doubt. Tyrion gave a sour smile. It’s always famine, plague, and war. Oh, and winter, and the long night that never ends.All that, said Prince Oberyn, and your father’s fall as well. Lord Tywin had made himself greater than King Aerys, I heard one begging brother preach, but only a god is meant to stand above a king. You were his curse, a punishment sent by the gods to teach him that he was no better than any other man.I try, but he refuses to learn. Tyrion gave a sigh. But do go on, I pray you. I love a good tale.And well you might, since you were said to have one, a stiff curly tail like a swine’s.
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About George R.R. Martin
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.