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“The queen wore a high-collared black silk gown, with a hundred dark red rubies sewn into her bodice, covering her from neck to bosom. They were cut in the shape of teardrops, as if the queen were weeping blood.”

“Viserra was a vain girl. Once, when a young squire called her a goddess, she simply agreed with him.”

“Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna…and thousands died for it.”

“When Illyn presents Pia with his head she smiles through her ruined teeth.”

“When my husband brought that baby back from the war I couldn’t bear to look at him. So I prayed to the gods, “take him away, make him die” and I knew I was the worst woman who’d ever lived.