Jon could not find it in him to pray to any gods, old or new. If they were real, he thought, they were as cruel and implacable as winter.
Jaime smiled. I hope you're not thinking of taking the black on us, sweet brother.Tyrion laughed. What, me, celibate? The whores would go begging from Dorne to Casterly Rock. No, I just want to stand...
It was the easiest thing in the world for Arya to step up behind him and stab him. Is there gold hidden in the village? she shouted as she drove the blade up through his back. Is there silver? Gems? S...
It was justice, Stannis said. A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward. You were a hero and a smuggler.
It was different when there was a Stark in Winterfell. But the old wolf’s dead and young one’s gone south to play the game of thrones, and all that’s left us is the ghosts.
It seems to me that a queen who trusts no one is as foolish as a queen who trusts everyone.
It is one thing to deceive a king, and quite another to hide from the cricket in the rushes and the little bird in the chimney.
It is my look they will flinch from now, my frown that they must fear.
Is that true?There is truth in it.And lies as well?There is an untruth, and an exaggeration.
Is it all lies, forever and ever, everyone and everything? - Sansa
Is he blind, or merely stupid?He is honorable. Sometimes it amounts to the same thing.
In those days, the smell of leather and blood had clung to him like perfume. Now it was perfume that clung to him like perfume,
In the songs, the knights never screamed nor begged for mercy.
In the end words are just wind.
In my dreams, I kill him every night,' Robert admitted. 'A thousand deaths will still be less than he deserves'.
In his dreams Jaime always had two hands; one was made of gold, but it worked just like the other.
If I could wish the Kingslayer back in chains I would. You freed him without my knowledge or consent... but what you did, I know you did for love. For Arya and Sansa, and out of grief for Bran and Ric...
IT IS SAID with truth that every building is constructed stone by stone, and the same may be said of knowledge, extracted and compiled by many learned men, each of whom builds upon the works of those...
I've never been frightened of shepherds. It's the sheep who trouble me.
I told them to place a table in your chambers.Who was I supposed to play with?Yourself. Sometimes it is best to study a game before you attempt to play it. How well do you know the game, Arianne?Well...