"There are too many steps in this castle, and it seems to me they add a few every night, just to vex me" - Maester Cressen"
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"We do not want joy and anger to neutralize each other and produce a surly contentment; we want a fiercer delight and a fiercer discontent. We have to feel the universe at once as an ogre's castle, to be stormed, and yet as our own cottage, to which we can return to at evening."
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"When K. looked at the castle, often it seemed to him as if he were observing someone who sat quietly there in front of him gazing, not lost in thought and so oblivious of everything, but free and untroubled, as if he were alone with nobody to observe him, and yet must notice that he was observed, and all the same remained with his calm not even slightly disturbed; and really - one did not know whether it was cause or effect - the gaze of the observer could not remain concentrated there, but slid away."
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"It never pays to walk blindly. Especially not in your own castle where familiarity hides so much - even when we have the eyes to see."
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"You soon learn there’s no elegance or dignity in death if you spend time in the castle kitchens. You learn how ugly it is, and how good it tastes."
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"Castle Face Records, run by The Oh Sees main man, Johnny Dwyer is always worth checking in with."
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"No, I do my torturing in the dungeon like any other respectable castle owner."
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"You dwell in whitened castles with deep and poisoned moats and cannot hear the curses which fill your children's throats."
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"My father said, ‘When in doubt, castle.’"
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"books have been my greatest comfort, castle-building a never-failing delight, and scribbling a very profitable amusement."
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