#top10bookscenes

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top 10 book-only scenes as voted by our followers: ➺ #9: Doran reveals his plans to Arianne (AFFC, The Princess in the Tower)

"Is that where Quentyn's gone? To Tyrosh, to court the Archon's green-haired daughter?" Her father plucked up a cyvasse piece. "I must know how you learned that Quentyn was abroad. Your brother went with Cletus Yronwood, Maester Kedry, and three of Lord Yronwood's best young knights on a long and perilous voyage, with an uncertain welcome at its end. He has gone to bring us back our heart's desire." She narrowed her eyes. "What is our heart's desire?"

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top 10 book-only scenes as voted by our followers: ➺ #10: quaithe appears to dany for the second time (ADWD, Daenerys II)

A woman stood under the persimmon tree, clad in a hooded robe that brushed the grass. Beneath the hood, her face seemed hard and shiny. She is wearing a mask, Dany knew, a wooden mask finished in dark red lacquer. "Quaithe? Am I dreaming?" 

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top 10 book-only scenes as voted by our followers: ➺ #10 (tied): jeyne westerling and catelyn talk about her marriage to robb (ASOS, Catelyn III)

"Sometimes," Catelyn said slowly, "the best thing you can do is nothing. When I first came to Winterfell, I was hurt whenever Ned went to the godswood to sit beneath his heart tree. Part of his soul was in that tree, I knew, a part I would never share. Yet without that part, I soon realized, he would not have been Ned. Jeyne, child, you have wed the north, as I did . . . and in the north, the winters will come." She tried to smile. "Be patient. Be understanding. He loves you and he needs you, and he will come back to you soon enough. This very night, perhaps. Be there when he does. That is all I can tell you."

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top 10 book-only scenes as voted by our followers -> #8: alayne meets harry the heir (TWOW Alayne I)

Harry the Heir, Alayne thought. My husband-to-be, if he will have me. A sudden terror filled her. She wondered if her face was red. Don't stare at him, she reminded herself, don't stare, don't gape, don't gawk. Look away. Her hair must be a frightful mess after all that running. It took all her will to stop herself from trying to tuck the loose strands back into place. Never mind your stupid hair. Your hair doesn't matter. It's him that matters. Him, and the Waynwoods.