The Father made men curious, some say to test our faith. It is my own abiding sin that whenever I come upon a door I must needs see what lies upon the farther side, but certain doors are best left uno...
They call me Baelon the Brave, the prince told his wife at her bedside, but I would sooner fight a dozen battles than do what you’ve just done.
Let no man think that the fire of the Targaryens did not burn in his veins.
A ruler needs a good head and a true heart, she famously told the king. A cock is not essential.
A twisted spine condemned him to walk with a limp, but as he said famously, I do not limp when I read, nor when I write.
Words are wind, but wind can fan a fire. My father and my uncle fought words with steel and flame. We shall fight words with words, and put out the fires before they start.
It is always winter now.
Your wolves have more wit than your maester, the wildling woman said. They know truths the grey man has forgotten. The way she said it made him shiver, and when he asked what the comet meant, she answ...
I will leave the making of law to you, brother, Prince Baelon declared, I would sooner make sons.
He bound the land together, and made of seven kingdoms, one.
Sail far. Sail fast.
Then the storm broke, and the dragons danced.
Pride goes before a fall.
This is a night for song and sin and drink, for come the morrow, the virtuous and the vile burn together.
Ser Osmund Strong was the king’s fourth Hand. His first had been Lord Orys Baratheon, his bastard half-brother and companion of his youth, but Lord Orys was taken captive during the Dornish War and su...
Such a fierce little thing she is, they say, she has no need of comfort. They are wrong in that, I fear. All men need comfort.
Only you could have won me away from the sea. I came back from the ends of the earth for you.