Grief and noise

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When the dead returnthey will come to you in dreamand in waking, will be the birdknocking, knocking against glass, seekinga way in, will masqueradeas the wind
No Ruined Stone, Shara McCallum

We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy

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How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man’s life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose.

Maester Aemon (GRRM)