He never wanted love, though. You cannot eat love, nor buy a horse wit…

George R. R. Martin
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He never wanted love, though. You cannot eat love, nor buy a horse with it, nor warm your halls on a cold night. ✨ George R. R. Martin (2005). A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four, p.100, Bantam
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He never wanted love, though. You cannot eat love, nor buy a horse with it, nor warm your halls on a cold night. ✨ George R. R. Martin (2005). A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four, p.100, Bantam

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