Cersei cupped the other woman’s breast. Softly at first, hardly touching, feeling the warmth of it beneath her palm, the skin as smooth as satin. She gave it a gentle squeeze, then ran her thumbnail l...
Calm as still water. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine.
Better to mock the game than to play and lose.
Beneath it his skin was milky white, serene and unlined, ready to begin anew, ready for the world to write upon it.
Because it will not last, Catelyn answered, sadly. Because they are the knights of summer, and winter is coming.
Bastard children were born from lust and lies, men said; their nature was wanton and treacherous. — Jon Snow
At the Trident, those brave men Viserys spoke of who died beneath our dragon banners - did they give their lives because they believed in Rhaegar's cause, or because they had been bought and paid for?...
And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.
An old septon once claimed I was living proof of the goodness of the gods. (...) Why, if the gods were cruel, they would have made me my mother’s firstborn, and Doran her third. I am a bloodthirsty ma...
Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have...
A mad man sees what he sees.
A little brother may live to be a hundred, but he will always be a little brother.
A knight's a sword with a horse. The rest, the vows and the sacred oils and the lady's favors, they're silk ribbons tied round the sword.Maybe the sword's are prettier with ribbons hanging off it, but...
When I was a lad half your age, my lady mother told me that if I stood about with my mouth open, a weasel was like to mistake it for his lair and run down my throat. If you have something to say, say...
And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things. Tyrion Lannister placed a hand over his heart and grinned.
She sighed. I wish I had their faith. Crimson is a Lannister color.That thing’s not crimson, Ser Brynden said. Nor Tully red, the mud red of the river. That’s blood up there, child, smeared across the...
Of all the queer and fabulous denizens of the Shivering Sea, however, the greatest are the ice dragons. These colossal beasts, many times larger than the dragons of Valyria, are said to be made of liv...
Lord Petyr, Ned called after him. I … am grateful for your help. Perhaps I was wrong to distrust you. Littlefinger fingered his small pointed beard. You are slow to learn, Lord Eddard. Distrusting me...
Lonely and lovely and lethal, Jon Snow reflected, and I might have had her. Her, and Winterfell, and my lord father’s name. Instead he had chosen a black cloak and a wall of ice. Instead he had chosen...
Lawless men are everywhere in this dark time, oh, yes. Men with cold steel and colder hearts. - Varys