George R.R. Martin Quote
Some say knowledge is power. Some tell us that all power comes from the gods. Others say it derives from law. Yet that day on the steps of Baelor’s Sept, our godly High Septon and the lawful Queen Regent and your ever-so-knowledgeable servant were as powerless as any cobbler or cooper in the crowd.Who truly killed Eddard Stark, do you think? Joffrey, who gave the command? Ser Ilyn Payne, who swung the sword? Or . . . another?Tyrion cocked his head sideways. Did you mean to answer your damned riddle, or only to make my head ache worse?Varys smiled. Here, then. Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.
George R.R. Martin
Some say knowledge is power. Some tell us that all power comes from the gods. Others say it derives from law. Yet that day on the steps of Baelor’s Sept, our godly High Septon and the lawful Queen Regent and your ever-so-knowledgeable servant were as powerless as any cobbler or cooper in the crowd.Who truly killed Eddard Stark, do you think? Joffrey, who gave the command? Ser Ilyn Payne, who swung the sword? Or . . . another?Tyrion cocked his head sideways. Did you mean to answer your damned riddle, or only to make my head ache worse?Varys smiled. Here, then. Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.
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