I used to a play a role-playing game called Dungeons and Dragons, and that was about levels of experience; as you gained experience, you were able to deal with much greater and far more kind of global creatures.
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CASSANDRA CLARE The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS We have some experience and I think that took over in a tight game and we were able to relax at that... RICKY CRAWFORD There's about 10 kids that are getting a lot of playing time. We're deep as far as I have a lot of k... HEIDI DEERY I grew up as a fanboy and a giant nerd, and I mean that in the most loving sense. I loved playing ... DEREK MEARS I've used my experience from playing sports in almost every aspect of my life. Playing soccer is... LINDA SANCHEZ Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still wa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN However intense my experience, I am conscious of the presence and criticism of a part of me, which, ... HENRY DAVID THOREAU What I liked about our kids is we came out and we played with courage. That's really all you can ask... HOWARD WHITE I've always been a gamer. I play a version of Dungeons & Dragons. THOMAS MIDDLEDITCH I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. CRAIG GROESCHEL She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If every cigarette you smoke takes seven minutes off of your life, every game of Dungeons & Drag... MARILYN MANSON The subway was really learning how to play in adverse circumstances. With the trains coming by and d... INGRID JENSEN The main difference between liberals and conservatives is that conservatives are honest about it. We... JONAH GOLDBERG Ive been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better ten... MARIA SHARAPOVA My favorite video game of all time is called 'Black Tiger'. It's a Capcom Dungeons and D... ERNEST CLINE You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I started playing video games, and in 1978 I discovered Dungeons & Dragons and started game-mast... WARREN SPECTOR But I think that's a particular kind of experience involving a certain immediacy between you and... DONALD JUDD It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books t... TA-NEHISI COATES When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two... WILLIE MAYS I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better ... MARIA SHARAPOVA During the game (Barclay) said lots of things that were helpful, as far as the kinds of looks I was ... WILLIAM ANDREWS It wasn't as tough as people make it out to be, ... I was at peace about it after 11 years. I was ab... CHARLIE WARD Duane lived life right on the edge. If you ever read Goethe's Faust, Duane Allman was very much ... BUTCH TRUCKS It was a lot of 'Dungeons and Dragons' all through my teens. DREW GODDARD I want to share this bed with you, though," I breathed. "I want you to hold me." Stars flicker... SARAH J. MAAS I don't think I even knew how big we were at the time. It was mad. I gained a lot through East 17 an... BRIAN HARVEY I’ve been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better te... MARIA SHARAPOVA You know that was much more of a kind of cameo, I love the movie, I love the story, I love Johnny as... OLIVER PLATT I would personally think you would have to have lots of background experience or surround yourself w... BOBBY TIMMONS We have game experience playing in hostile environments. We've learned the speed of the game. We've ... DANIEL INMAN Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of... V. S. NAIPAUL Even [within] those schools that accept associate's degrees for a teaching position, they typically ... DAN PERRIN I settled down as the game went on at least, I think I did. Timing was the biggest part of it. I jus... COREY CRAWFORD Growing up I was a total movie-holic, but I always wanted to play the role that Clark Gable was play... JOYCE DEWITT The first two Kingdom Under Fire series were about the cross-over between action and real-time strat... HENRY LEE I loved 'Dungeons & Dragons'. That was actually a good cartoon to me. JIM RASH The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go o... THOMAS J. WATSON I've always been a forward on the club team I play with and I like playing up front. You get more gl... ALEX WALTERS They switched a lot more on defense, they tried to play a little more of a triangle game and there w... ALAN MAGNANI Mobile forced us to rethink the user experience and do something people would be able to carry out o... LOGAN GREEN As many years experience as I have, I've been able to see a lot of different conditions and have bee... TOM WATSON We've tried to build in as much as we can in terms of the themes of Superman, the role playing and t... BRAD GLOBE I would play my Dungeons and Dragons songs and watch people's eyes glaze over, and then I would ... J. TILLMAN We were going to play a little bit more conservative, but in the first end we really had no choice, ... DEBBIE MCCORMICK I was surprised in me getting in, ... And everyone got in, so it was pretty good. As many reps as yo... ANDRE BROWN I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal. I was a survivor, and I was strong. I would no... SARAH J. MAAS I sipped from my wine. "And if he had grabbed me?" There was nothing but uncompromising w... SARAH J. MAAS There you are. I've been looking for you. His first words to me— not a lie at a... SARAH J. MAAS I was not prey any longer, I decided as I eased up to that door. And I was not a mouse. I ... SARAH J. MAAS No one was my master— but I might be master of everything, if I wished. If I dared. SARAH J. MAAS He drained his glass. "I made a mistake." "It's not the end of the world if you do that every n... SARAH J. MAAS I will kill anyone who harms you," Rhys snarled. "I will kill them, and take a damn long time doing ... SARAH J. MAAS The next day, the villages came closer together until the beginnings and endings could no longer be ... PATRICK W. CARR Would you like me to grovel with gratitude for bringing me here, High Lord?" "Ah. The Suriel to... SARAH J. MAAS History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I appreciate intellect and intellectual capacity as much as anybody. But I also know if you have a c... JOHN SCHUERHOLZ It was much harder to watch as opposed to playing in the game. I was kind of going back and forth. KOBE BRYANT I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando w... JOAN COLLINS It felt good. I was happy just to be out there after my long journey. It was a new experience for me... SEIMONE AUGUSTUS Most of my kin are bastards," [Tyrion] said with a wry smile, "but you're the first I've had to frie... GEORGE R.R. 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