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** The only honest compliment that Ned can give Robert about his reign was that he was a better king than [[The Caligula|his predecessor]].
*** The sad thing is that going fourteen years with only one minor, easily-won war and only a moderate economic crisis puts Robert solidly into the top 25% of Westerosi kings.
* In the ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]'', the recently-widowed Ekaterin Vorsoisson is being questioned by the authorities about the recent death of her husband and, given that their relationship was (to put it charitably) highly strained
{{Quote|'''Ekaterin:''' He never hit me, you know.
'''Miles Vorkosigan:''' (thinking to himself) ''When I go down into the ground at last, I pray my best-beloved may have better to say of me than 'He didn't hit me'.''}}
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