I Can Be Humbler Than Anyone.

Love Is Sweet, Dearest Ned, But It Cannot Change A Man's Nature. -- Lyanna

A Lot Of Fantasy Names Are Too Much. They’re Too Difficult To Pronounce. I Wanted The Flavour Of Medieval England. I Took Actual Names We Still Use Today, Like ‘robert’, And In Some Case I Tweaked Them A Little Bit. I Made ‘edward’ Into ‘eddard’. If You Look Back At Medieval Times, No One Knew How To Spell Their Own Names. There Are A Lot Of Variations That We’ve Lost.

She Narrowed Her Eyes. “what Is Our Heart’s Desire?” “vengeance.” His Voice Was Soft, As If He Were Afraid That Someone Might Be Listening. “justice.” Prince Doran Pressed The Onyx Dragon Into Her Palm With His Swollen, Gouty Fingers, And Whispered, “fire And Blood.

A Man Who Sees Nothing Has No Use For His Eyes,” The Mountain Declared. “cut Them Out And Give Them To Your Next Outrider. Tell Him You Hope That Four Eyes Might See Better Than Two . . . And If Not, The Man After Him Will Have Six.

Eat Your Heart Out, Rowling. Maybe You Have Billions Of Dollars And My Hugo, But You Don't Have Readers Like These.