There were always the stories, of course, the war legends, but who— other than himself, in Jhesh's tavern, increasingly wearily—still told those?
Through challenge and difficulty, we learn to see life differently than before.
There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.
When efforts that are wisely executed, the situation and condition don't affect the performance.
Even now I remember those pictures, like pictures in a storybook one loved as a child. Radiant meadows, mountains vaporous in the trembling distance; leaves ankle-deep on a gusty autumn road; bonfires...
I don't stand for black man's side, I don't stand for white man's side, I stand for God's side.
You know all that sympathy that you feel for an abused child who suffers without a good mom or dad to love and care for them? Well, they don't stay children forever. No one magically becomes an adult...
Eagle's flight of loneliness soars so high Around its sigh, no more alone the sky Other birds remain away, clouds pass byBetween shrouds of life and haze sun rays die
Nothing is going to work out unless you step up and make it happen.
It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.
Jon smiled at him. I'm sorry about your wrist. Robb used the same move on me once, only with a wooden blade. It hurt like seven hells, but yours must be worse. Look, if you want, I can show you how to...