One voyage to the East and a man could live as rich as a lord until th…

George R. R. Martin
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One voyage to the East and a man could live as rich as a lord until the end of his days. When he'd been younger, Davos had dreamed of making such voyages himself. But the years went dancing by like moths around a flame, and somehow the time had never been quite right. ✨ George R. R. Martin (2011). A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five, p.237, Bantam
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