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I want a sword not a knitting needle -kalen
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I Want A Sword Not A Knitting

David Eddings
I want a sword not a knitting needle -kalen
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Needle was robb and bran and rickon, her mother and her father, even sansa. needle was winterfell's grey walls, and the laughter of its people. needle was the summer snows, old nan's stories, the heart tree with its red leaves and scary face, the warm earthy smell of the glass gardens, the sound of the north wind rattling the shutters of her room. needle was jon snow's smile. he used to mess my hair and call me "little sister," she remembered, and suddenly there were tears in her eyes.
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We have become too civilized to grasp the obvious. for the truth is very simple. to survive you often have to fight, and to fight you have to dirty yourself. war is evil, and it is often the lesser evil. those who take the sword perish by the sword, and those who don't take the sword perish by smelly diseases.
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