Samwell Tarly looked at him for a long moment, and his round face seemed to cave in on itself. He sat down on the frost-covered ground and began to cry, huge choking sobs that made his whole body shak...
Queen Jeyne would be safest behind the high, strong walls of Riverrun, with the Blackfish to protect her. Robb had even created him a new title, Warden of the Southern Marches.
Pain was as much a part of knighthood as were swords and shields.
Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at all the beauty...
Old Nan used to tell stories about knights and their ladies who would sleep in a single bed with a blade in between them for honor’s sake, but he thought this must be the first time where a direwolf t...
Melisandre’s red lips curled into a smile. I have seen you in my fires, Jon Snow. Is that a threat, my lady? Do you mean to burn me too? You mistake my meaning. She gave him a searching look. I fear t...
Man’s curiosity drives him to seek the answer to every question. But it’s the unanswered questions that are the most exciting.
Maesters and other scholars alike have puzzled over the greatest of the engimas of Sothoryos, the ancient city of Yeen. A ruin older than time, built of oily black stone, in massive blocks so heavy th...
Lord Rodrik was seldom seen without a book in hand, be it in the privy, on the deck of his Sea Song, or whilst holding audience. Asha had oft seen him reading on his high seat beneath the silver scyth...
Lord Rodrik Harlaw was neither fat nor slim; neither tall nor short; neither ugly nor handsome. His hair was brown, as were his eyes, though the short, neat beard he favored had gone grey. All in all,...
Little redcape, he snarled, when next you bare steel on Shagga son of Dolf, I will chop off your manhood and roast it in the fire.What, no goats? Tyrion said, taking a bite of his cheese.
Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is dark and full of terrors, save us from the scary things, and blah blah blah some more.
Kill me, and be cursed. You are no king of mine.
Jon, did you ever wonder why the men of the Night's Watch take no wives and father no children?'' Maester Aemon asked.Jon shrugged. ''No.'' He scattered more meat. The fingers of his left hand were sl...
Jon shrugged. 'Girls get the arms but not the swords. Bastards get the swords but not the arms. I did not make the rules, little sister.
Jon lied ... loudly, as if that could make it true.
Jon Snow had dreamed of leading men to glory just as King Daeron had, of growing up to be a conqueror. Now he was a man grown and the Wall was his, yet all he had were doubts. He could not even seem t...
Jaime, she said, tugging on his ear, sweetling, I have known you since you were a babe at Joanna’s breast. You smile like Gerion and fight like Tyg, and there’s some of Kevan in you, else you would no...
It's a fool boy who mocks a giant, and a mad world when a cripple has to defend him.
It is not the foes who curse you to your face that you must fear, but those who smile when you are looking and sharpen their knives when you turn your back.