George R. R. Martin Quotes
In my dreams, I kill him every night,' Robert admitted. 'A thousand deaths will still be less than he deserves'.
Martin, George R. R. A Game of Thrones. Bantam Books, 1996, p. 43.
Once blood is shed in a national quarrel, reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.
1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
The Union government had resorted to printing Greenbacks {619940} to finance the war. However, that left two different U. S. currencies in circulation, and speculators soon began buying one and selling the other as the Greenback ‘market’ flourished or sank with the results of each battle. This caused substantial economic dislocation in the Northern Economy and was thought to be of great help to General Lee’s war effort. Lincoln had little charity toward the speculators.
George Raymond Richard Martin, also known as GRRM, is an American novelist and short story writer, screenwriter, and television producer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted into the Emmy Award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2019).