One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything.
George R. R. MartinRead
I have a hole where my heart should be, she thought, and nowhere else to go.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses deep emotional emptiness and a sense of longing for connection.
In this powerful quote, the author conveys a feeling of profound loss and loneliness, as the character recognizes a void within her heart that signifies a lack of love or emotional fulfillment. The mention of having 'nowhere else to go' reinforces the idea of isolation, suggesting that without love or connection, one's existence feels incomplete and directionless.
Themes
HeartLonelinessLoveLongingEmotional Void
In practice
Example use cases
In a heartfelt speech about the struggles of love and loss, one might say, 'As George R. R. Martin wrote, 'I have a hole where my heart should be', evoking the depths of emotional pain.
More from George R. R. Martin
All quotes βI hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end of the principal characters, and I know the major turning points and events from the books, the climaxes for each book, but I don't necessarily know each twist and turn along the way. That's something I discover in the course of writing and that's what makes writing enjoyable. I think if I outlined comprehensively and stuck to the outline the actual writing would be boring.
George R. R. MartinRead
There is only one god and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: βNot today.
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I did not do it. Yet now I wish I had.β He turned to face the hall, that sea of pale faces. βI wish I had enough poison for you all. You make me sorry that I am not the monster you would have me be, yet there it is. I am innocent, but I will get no justice here.
George R. R. MartinRead
But a voice inside her whispered, There are no heroes, and she remembered what Lord Petyr had said to her, here in this very hall. 'Life is not a song, sweetling,' he'd told her, 'You may learn that one day to your sorrow.' In life, the monsters win, she told herself.
George R. R. MartinRead
I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing that character, I become that character and identify with that character.
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