“ The Marquis de Carabas always had a plan, and he always had a fallback plan; and beneath these plans he always had a real plan, one that he would not even let himself know about, for when the original… George R.R. Martin
“ That was the way of this cold world, where men fished the sea and dug in the ground and died, whilst women brought forth short-lived children from beds of blood and pain. George R.R. Martin
“ That was his mistake, the false humility of youth that is itself a sort of pride. George R.R. Martin
“ That made her laugh until she screamed. Mad, someone said, she’s lost her wits, and someone else said, Make an end, and a hand grabbed her scalp just as she’d done with Jinglebell, and she thought, No… George R.R. Martin
“ Tell me that none of this troubles you, Jon...and I'll name you a liar, and know I have the truth of it.Jon drew himself up, taut as a bowstring. And if it did trouble me, what might I do, bastard as… George R.R. Martin
“ Tell me again what you saved.''''Your life'' Daenerys, said.Mirri Maz Duur laughed cruelly. ''Look to your khal and see what life is worth when all the rest is gone. George R.R. Martin
“ Si le cortas la lengua a un hombre, no demuestras que estuviera mintiendo: demuestras que no quieres que el mundo oiga lo que pueda decir. George R.R. Martin
“ She stood on the end of the dock, pale and goosefleshed and shivering in the fog. In her hand, Needle seemed to whisper to her. Stick them with the pointy end, it said, and, don’t tell Sansa! Mikken’s… George R.R. Martin
“ Seven hundred feet above, the sentries heard and raised their warhorns to their lips. The sound rang out, echoing off the Wall and out across the world. Ahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. One long blas… George R.R. Martin
“ Serving men cleared away the swan, hardly touched. Cersei beckoned for the sweets. I hope you like blackberry tarts. I love all sorts of tarts. Oh, I've know that for a long while. Do you know why Var… George R.R. Martin
“ Ser Gerold Hightower had begun his history, and Ser Barristan Selmy had continued it, but the rest Jaime Lannister would need to write for himself. He could write whatever he chose, henceforth. George R.R. Martin
“ Robert wanted to be loved. My brother Tyrion has the same disease. Do you want to be loved, Sansa?Everyone wants to be loved.I see flowering hasn’t made you any brighter, said Cersei. Sansa, permit me… George R.R. Martin
“ One thing all the stories agreed on: King Robert was dead. The bells in the seven towers of the Great Sept of Baelor had tolled for a day and a night, the thunder of their grief rolling across the cit… George R.R. Martin
“ One night, in his cups, he drank a jar of wildfire, after telling his friends it would transform him into a dragon, but the gods were kind and it transformed him into a corpse. George R.R. Martin
“ Nor was he Aemon Targaryen. Three times the old man had chosen, and three times he had chosen honor, but that was him. Even now, Jon could not decide whether the maester had stayed because he was weak… George R.R. Martin
“ 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… George R.R. Martin
“ My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind … and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. George R.R. Martin
“ 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… George R.R. Martin
