Once a man has seen a dragon in flight, let him stay home and tend his…

George R. R. Martin
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Once a man has seen a dragon in flight, let him stay home and tend his garden in content, someone had written once, for this wide world has no greater wonder. Tyrion scratched at his scar and tried to recall the author's name. ✨ George R. R. Martin (2011). A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five, p.180, Bantam
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