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==Quotes== {{Quote|My mind is my weapon. My [[Jaime Lannister|brother]] has his sword, [[King]] [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] has his warhammer, and I have my mind… and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That's why I read so much, [[Jon Snow]].{{Ref|AGOT|13}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Jon Snow]]}} {{Quote|Some illiterates held writing in disdain; others seemed to have a superstitious reverence for the written word, as if it were some sort of magic.{{Ref|AGOT|38}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}} {{Quote|'''Stannis''': Each of you will carry a chest of letters, and you will deliver one to every port and [[holdfast]] and fishing village. Nail them to the doors of [[sept]]s and inns for every man to read who can.<br>'''Davos''': That will be few enough.<br>'''Pylos''': Ser [[Davos Seaworth|Davos]] speaks truly, [[Stannis Baratheon|Your Grace]]. It would be better to have the letters read aloud.{{Ref|ACOK|10}}|[[Stannis Baratheon]], [[Davos Seaworth]] and [[Pylos]]}} {{Quote|'''Davos''': How can I read history, when I cannot read?<br>'''Pylos''': Any man can read, my lord. There is no magic needed, nor high birth. I am teaching the art to your son, at the king's command. Let me teach you as well.{{Ref|ASOS|54}}|[[Davos Seaworth]] and [[Pylos]]}} {{Quote|A [[Hand of the King|King's Hand]] should be able to read and write. [[Maester]] [[Pylos]] has been teaching me.{{Ref|ASOS|63}}|[[Davos Seaworth]] to [[Stannis Baratheon]]}} {{Quote|[[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]] climbed quickly, to the fifth story and the room where her uncle read. Not that there are any rooms where he does not read. Lord [[Rodrik Harlaw|Rodrik]] was seldom seen without a book in hand, be it in the privy, on the deck of his ''[[Sea Song]]'', or whilst holding audience. Asha had oft seen him reading on his high seat beneath the silver scythes. He would listen to each case as it was laid before him, pronounce his judgment … and read a bit whilst his [[Captain of the guards|captain-of-guards]] went to bring in the next supplicant.{{Ref|AFFC|11}}|thoughts of [[Asha Greyjoy]]}} {{Quote|'''Jojen''': Do you like to read books, [[Bran Stark|Bran]]?<br>'''Bran''': Some books. I like the fighting stories. My sister [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] likes the kissing stories, but those are stupid.<br>'''Jojen''': A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one. The [[Children of the forest|singers of the forest]] had no books. No ink, no parchment, no written language. Instead, they had the trees, and the [[weirwood]]s above all. When they died, they went into the wood, into lead and limb and root, and the trees remembered. All their songs and spells, their histories and prayers, everything they knew about this world.{{Ref|ADWD|34}}|[[Jojen Reed]] and [[Bran Stark]]}}
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