“ Opening your eyes is all that is needing. The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true. Look with your eyes. Hear with your ears. Taste with your mouth. Smell with your nose… George R.R. Martin
“ Nothing but this: I did not do it. Yet now I wish I had... I wish I had enough poison for you all. You make me sorry that I am not the monster you would have me be, yet there it is. George R.R. Martin
“ Neither's the one you get, less you want me to see if your apple's ripe, yet. - Yoren George R.R. Martin
“ Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come. Certain moths live their whole lives in a day, yet to the… George R.R. Martin
“ Less reliable tales also reached his ears, of a dwarf witch who haunted a hill in the riverlands, and a dwarf whore in King's Landing renowned for coupling with dogs. His own sweet sister had told him… George R.R. Martin
“ In the cool weak light the nightflames all had died, and the silent streets echoed death and desolation. Worlorn’s day. Yet it was twilight. George R.R. Martin
“ In a swordfight, a man's surest defense is the swift stroke that slays his foe, not cringing behind a shield. George R.R. Martin
“ If the lamb sees the knife, she panics. Her panic seeps into her meat, darkens it, fouls the flavor. George R.R. Martin
“ If only you could take that final step, you'd see farther than ll the rest. You'd be alone with nothing but blue sky above you. George R.R. Martin
“ I swear it by earth and water,said the boy in green.I swear it by bronze and iron, his sister said.We swear it by ice and fire, they finished it together.Bran groped for words. Was he supposed to swea… George R.R. Martin
“ I remembered that, so I allowed myself to hope... perhaps I wanted to... we all deceive ourselves, when we want to believe. George R.R. Martin
“ I never wanted to see half the things I've seen, and I've never seen half the things I wanted to. I don't think wanting comes into it. You'd best go all the same. George R.R. Martin