Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile; he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to behold.
He is no true knight, but he saved me all the same, she told the mother. Save him if you can, and gentle the rage inside him -Sansa
I could keep you safe, he rasped. They're all afraid of me. No one would hurt you again, or I'd kill them -Sandor Clegane
The gods heard my prayer, she thought. She felt so numb and dreamy. My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel.
Monsters are entirely mythological, sir, like spirits, werebeasts, and competent bureaucrats.
Sweet lady, said Florian, all men are fools, and all men are knights, where women are concerned.
Up and down, Meera would sigh sometimes as they walked, then down and up. Then up and down again. I hate these stupid mountains of yours, Prince Bran.Yesterday you said you loved them.Oh, I do. My lor...
It all goes back and back, Tyrion thought, to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take...
The nights are too long,' he told Missandei, 'and there is much and more to do, always.