Too stupid to learn and too stupid to give up.
Too many peoples have traveled back and forth, and too many legends and tales have mingled.
Titles were cheaper than dirt, and the riverlands were full of ruined castles, standing desolate amidst untended fields and burned villages.
Thrones are won with swords, not quills. Spill blood, not ink.
Three good men dead, to save a hedge knight's foot.
This world is twisted beyond hope, when lowborn smugglers must vouch for the honor of kings.
This was a pain that did not touch the body, a pain that did not race along the nerve paths, a pain that filled the mind so completely and so shatteringly that not even the smallest part of you was fr...
This is folly, Tyrion,' declared Lord Tywin. 'Speak to the matter at hand. You are not on trial for being a dwarf.'That is where you err, my lord. I have been on trial for being a dwarf my entire life...
This fool he promised me is like to be my own reflection in a pond.
They always seemed to know everything, but now there is only me, and it seems I know nothing, not even my duty. How can I do my duty if I do not know where it lies? - Catelyn
There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.
There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs. The scent of blood is all it takes to wake him.
There is a long league's worth of difference between willful and stupid. - Tywin Lannister
There are things to be learned even from the dead.
Then the trees closed in around her, black as pitch and full of ghosts and memories.
Then armor yourself in faith, by all means, but wear a suit of mail and plate as well.
The world was full of cravens who pretended to be heroes; it took a queer sort of courage to admit to cowardice...
The things I do for love.
The sun will soon be setting, and corpses make poor company by night. These were dark and dangerous men, alive. I doubt that death will have improved them.
The summers have been shorter since the last dragon died, and the winters longer and crueler.