Umlobi engxoxweni yakhe wathi kaninginingi ukuthi wayengumphikisi womqondo wovuko lwabalingiswa abafile - ngakho-ke, kubonakala sengathi angikwazanga ukwakha kabusha abafileyo uJohn Snow.
"Akunandaba ukuthi ngithanda kanjani uTolkina, bekuhlala kubonakala kimi ukuthi uGandalf wayefanele ukuhlala efile. Ku "bhubhilo lendandatho" Kube nesigameko esihle lapho alwa khona nge-balrog kuma-cozes duma futhi awela kwalasha, namazwi akhe okugcina - "run, iziwula!". Lesi yisigameko esinamandla kangaka! Futhi-ke ubuyela njenge-gandalf emhlophe, ngcono. Futhi ngithande i-gandalf emhlophe engaphansi kwempunga, futhi kubukeka kimi sengathi kungaba ngcono ukube uTolkien wamshiya efile. "
"Ngicabanga ukuthi uma ubuyela umlingiswa uma umlingisi edlula ngokufa, waguqulwa kakhulu. Izinhlamvu zami ezabuya empilweni sezishintshile - zisezindleleni eziningi azisasebenzi zabantu ngaphambili. Kungaba khona umzimba, futhi uhambe, kepha umoya usushintshile, uguquliwe, futhi balahlekelwa okuthile. "
Kodwa-ke, njengoba uMartin esevele esho ukuthi ekwakhiweni kwesikhashana "imidlalo yezihlalo zobukhosi" akuzange kuthathe ukubamba iqhaza kukho konke, kungenzeka ukuthi umboniso wovuko lwamaqhawe uhlala umembathi Ukuvuza uJohn Snow ngenxa yokuhlupheka kwencwajana ethile emangalisayo.