The sea is never weary. I must be as tireless.
The sad truth of history has always been that the unreasoning masses follow the powerful, and not the wise.
The path of faith was a crooked one.
The past remains the past. We can learn from it, but we cannot change it.
The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent. It's the ones who look innocent I need to beware.
The old man laid a withered, spotted hand on his shoulder. It hurts, boy, he said softly. Oh, yes. Choosing . . . it has always hurt. And always will. I know.
The oft repeated jape about his father was just another lie, Lord Tywin Lannister in the end did not shit gold.
The most insidious thing about bondage was how easy it was to grow accustomed to it.
The man who does nothing also takes a risk.
The galleys...had been dirven onto the rocks of Skagos, the isle of unicorns and cannibals where even the Blind Bastard had feared to land.
The dwarf has risen from the dead, Tyrion thought. And look, he's uglier than ever, run tell your friends.
The dungeons are windowless. One hour is much like another down there, and for me, all hours are midnight.
The cat who wants his bowl of cream must know when to purr and when to show his claws - Ser Kyle, the Cat of Misty Moor
The boys were going to a place that none had ever been before, to serve an order that had been the enemy of their kith and kin for thousands of years, yet Jon saw no tears, heard no wailing mothers. T...
The blood of the First Men still flows in the veins of the Starks, and we hold to the belief that the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.
The air smelled of paper and dust and years. Jon plucked a scroll from a bin, blew off the worst of the dust. A corner flaked off between his fingers as he unrolled it. Look, this one is crumbling, he...
The Wall can stop an army, but not a man alone.
The Lord of Casterly Rock made such an impressive figure that it was a shock when his destrier dropped a load of dung right at the base of the throne.
The Bear and the Maiden FairA bear there was, a bear, a bear!All black and brown, and covered with hair!The bear! The bear!Oh, come, they said, oh come to the fair!The fair? Said he, but I'm a bear!Al...
That won’t do any good, the crow said. I told you, the answer is flying, not crying. How hard can it be? I’m doing it. The crow took to the air and flapped around Bran’s hand.You have wings, Bran poin...