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"Why do you let people call you a dog? You won't let anyone call you a knight."
"I like dogs better than knights ... A hound will die for you, but never lie to you."

— George R. R. Martin A Clash of Kings (1999)

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Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the crudest is the one called love.

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