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The novel title is mentioned in the book by Queen Cersei Lannister: "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground."
Earlier in the book Jorah Mormont tells Daenerys Targaryen, "The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace. They never are."
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