Gold has its uses, but war is won with iron.
Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.
You are quick, for a dancing master, said Ser Meryn. You are slow, for a knight, Syrio replied.
Mine is the blood of the dragon.
He was a pitiful thing. He had always been a pitiful thing. Why had she never seen that before? There was a hollow place inside her where her fear had been.
And then he looked at Damon Julian.
A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.
I have done things i am not proud of, things that brought shame onto my house and my father's name.. but to kill your own sire? how could any man do that?- give me a crossbow and pull down your breech...
We're children. We're supposed to be childish.
It's not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It's a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again.
Old stories are like old friends (...) you have to visit them from time to time.
When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.
She had never loved him so much as she did in that instant.
Nothing burns like the cold.
My enemies are legion.
Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go.
Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.
Egg has the truth of it. Aerion's quite the monster. He thinks he’s a dragon in human form, you know. That’s why he was so wroth at that puppet show. A pity he wasn't born a Fossoway, then he’d think...
Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.
A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.