“ Jon Snow, is this a proper castle now? Not just a tower?It is. Jon took her hand.Good, she whispered. I wanted t’ see one proper castle, before … before I …You’ll see hundred castles. The battle’s don… George R.R. Martin
“ Few of the birds that Aemon had sent off had returned as yet. One reached Stannis, though. One found Dragonstone, and a king who still cared. George R.R. Martin
“ And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history?If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons. George R.R. Martin
“ The rat squealed as he bit into it, squirming wildly in his hands, frantic to escape. George R.R. Martin
“ She wondered where this courage had come from, to speak to him so frankly. From Winterfell, she thought. I am stronger within the walls of Winterfell. George R.R. Martin
“ Nothing burns like the cold. But only for a while. Then it gets inside you and starts to fill you up, and after a while you don't have the strength to fight it. George R.R. Martin
“ My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever. George R.R. Martin
“ Men come and go. They lie, or die, or leave you. A mountain is not a man, though, and a stone is a mountain's daughter. I trust myself, and I trust my mules. I won't fall. George R.R. Martin
