We will fight a battle, and then we will rest. Alive or dead, we'll rest. - Jon Snow
We only make peace with our enemies. That's why it's called making peace.
We had to throw rocks, she said miserably. I told her to run, to go be free, that I didn't want her anymore. There were other wolves for her to play with, we heard them howling, and Jory said the wood...
Under the sea, the fish eat us. I know, I know, oh, oh, oh.
Tyrion wondered whether this was the last sunrise he would ever see … and whether wondering was a mark of cowardice.
True knights protect the weak. He snorted. There are no true knights, no more than there are gods. If you can’t protect yourself, die and get out of the way of those who can. Sharp steel and strong ar...
They will not love me, you say? When have they ever loved me? How can I lose something I have never owned? - Stannis
They say night's beauties fade at dawn, and the children of wine are oft disowned in the morning light.
They say it grows so cold up here in winter that a man’s laughter freezes in his throat and chokes him to death, Ned said evenly. Perhaps that is why the Starks have so little humor.
They hate you because you act like you're better than they are
These old knights are more cunning than you think, or they would never have lived to see their first grey hair.
There was this to be said for weddings over battles, at least; it was less likely that someone would cut off your nose.
There is always someone quicker and stronger, Ser Rodrik had once told Jon and Robb. He’s the man you want to face in the yard before you need to face his like upon a battlefield.
There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk. I knew a brother drowned himself in wine once. It was a poor vintage, though, and his corpse did not improve it.
There are old sellswords and bold sellswords, but no old bold sellswords.
The world's nothing but a mean bully, that's a fact. Even when you've big misfortunes threatening to drop on your head, small ones still take every chance to prick your toes.
The stone is strong. Bran told himself, the roots of the trees go deep, and under the ground the Kings of Winter sit their thrones. So long as those remained, Winterfell remained. It was not dead, jus...
The rocking of the deck beneath his feet made his stomach heave, and the wretched food tasted even worse when retched back up.
The only way to keep your people loyal is to make certain they fear you more than they do the enemy.
The man who fears losing has already lost.