“Nothing someone says before the world 'but' really counts. - Benjen Stark”
George Raymond Richard Martin (1948) American writer, screenwriter and television producer
“It's always very pure, that last moment before an ugly, unsettling truth hits someone. The most stark of before-and-afters.”
— Sarah Dessen, book The Moon and More
Source: The Moon and More
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