Power is a curious thing. Who lives, Who dies. Power resides where men believe it resides. It is a trick, A shadow on the wall.
Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?
A very small man can cast a very large shadow.
I beg you both, take heart.'(Varys)'Whose?' asked Tyrion sourly. He could think of several tempting choices.
Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish: The realm. Do you know what the realm is? It's the thousand blades of Aegon's enemies, a story we agree to tell each other over and over, until we forget that it's a lie....
The Red Keep shelters two sorts of people, Lord Eddard, Varys said. Those who are loyal to the realm, and those who are loyal only to themselves.
I confess, I do not understand what there is in her to make a clever man like you act such a fool.You might, if you were not a eunuch.Is that the way of it? A man may have wits, or a bit of meat betwe...