Make no mistake, dwarf. I fought for you, but I do not love you'' ''It was your blade I needed'' Tyrion said, ''not your love.
Madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.
Love is the bane of honor, the death of duty. What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms ... or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and wor...
Lords are gold and knights steel, but two links can't make a chain. You also need silver and iron and lead, tin and copper and bronze and all the rest, and those are farmers and smiths and merchants a...
Like all tales, it takes on the attributes that make it most appealing to those who tell it.
Keep your mouth shut and do as I tell you, and maybe we’ll even be in time for your uncle’s bloody wedding.
Jon fell to his knees. He found the dagger’s hilt and wrenched it free. In the cold night air the wound was smoking. Ghost, he whispered. Pain washed over him. Stick them with the pointy end. When the...
It was never wise for a ruler to eschew the trappings of power, for power itself flows in no small measure from such trappings.
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 it all lies, forever and ever, everyone and everything? - Sansa
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 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 you would take a man’s life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.
If walls could keep us small, peasants would all be tiny and kings as large as giants, said Ser Jorah. I've seen huge men born in hovels, and dwarfs who dwelt in castles.
If I look back I am lost.
I've never been frightened of shepherds. It's the sheep who trouble me.
I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the de...