# Quote — George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings

> The middle wall, forty feet high, was grey granite alive with scenes of war: the clash of sword and shield and spear, arrows in flight, heroes at battle and babes being butchered, pyres of the dead. The innermost wall was fifty feet of black marble, with carvings that made Dany blush until she told herself that she was being a fool. She was no maid; if she could look on the grey wall’s scenes of slaughter, why should she avert her eyes from the sight of men and women giving pleasure to one another?

- Author: [George RR Martin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin.md)
- Book: [A Clash of Kings](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-clash-of-kings.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-clash-of-kings/the-middle-wall

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