One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything.
George R. R. MartinRead
...grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Grief can deeply affect anyone, regardless of their mental strength.
This quote highlights the powerful and often uncontrollable nature of grief, suggesting that it can disrupt even those who are typically strong and disciplined in their thoughts and actions. Grief is portrayed as a force that can overwhelm the mind, indicating its universal impact across all individuals.
Themes
GriefMindStrongDisciplineEmotions
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about loss, one might say, 'As George R. R. Martin famously noted, grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.'
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All quotes βI hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end of the principal characters, and I know the major turning points and events from the books, the climaxes for each book, but I don't necessarily know each twist and turn along the way. That's something I discover in the course of writing and that's what makes writing enjoyable. I think if I outlined comprehensively and stuck to the outline the actual writing would be boring.
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There is only one god and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: βNot today.
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I did not do it. Yet now I wish I had.β He turned to face the hall, that sea of pale faces. βI wish I had enough poison for you all. You make me sorry that I am not the monster you would have me be, yet there it is. I am innocent, but I will get no justice here.
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But a voice inside her whispered, There are no heroes, and she remembered what Lord Petyr had said to her, here in this very hall. 'Life is not a song, sweetling,' he'd told her, 'You may learn that one day to your sorrow.' In life, the monsters win, she told herself.
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I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing that character, I become that character and identify with that character.
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