Old powers waken. Shadows stir. An age of wonder and terror will soon be upon us, and age for gods and heroes.
Old Nan nodded. ‘In that darkness, the Others came for the first time,’ she said as her needles went click, click, click. ‘They were cold things, dead things, that hated iron and fire and the touch of...
Oh, It's you want? Be careful, my lady. Tyrion says that people often claim to hunger for the truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.
Oh, I think that Lord Tyrion is quite a large man, Maester Aemon said from the far end of the table. He spoke softly, yet the high officers of the Night’s Watch all fell quiet, the better to hear what...
Oberyn wanted vengeance for Elia. Now the three of you want vengeance for him. I have four daughters, I remind you. Your sisters. My Elia is fourteen, almost a woman. Obella is twelve, on the brink of...
Now you know the crow whispered as it sat on his shoulder. Now you know why you must live. Why Bran said not understanding falling falling. Because winter is coming.
No one mocked him in his bedchamber, but he would not live his life in bed.
Never refuse a cup of wine or a horn of ale, Ser Arlan had once told him, it may be a year before you see another.
Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.
Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her mother and her father, even Sansa. Needle was Winterfell's grey walls, and the laughter of its people. Needle was the summer snows, Old Nan's stories, the hear...
My mother told me that dead men don't sing
My mother raised me to be bold. If I do not go, I will spend the rest of my life wondering what might have happened if I had.If you do go, the rest of your life may be too short for wondering. - Asha...
My life was writ in red, in blood and wine.
My father was a traitor, Sansa said at once. And my brother and lady mother are traitors as well. That reflex she had learned quickly. I am loyal to my beloved Joffrey. No doubt. As loyal as a deer su...
My father once told me that some men are not worth having, Jon finished. Abannerman who is brutal or unjust dishonors his liege lord as well as himself.
Much that may seem evil can be good.
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it,’ the dwarf had told him smiling. The world was full of cravens who pretended to be heroes; it took a queer sort of courage to admit to cowardice a...
Men's lives have meaning, not their deaths.
Men will always underestimate you, he said, and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman tried them sorely. Let them spend their strength in furious attack...
Men may plot and plan and scheme, but they had best pray as well, for no plan ever made by man has ever withstood the whims of the gods above.