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Men's lives have meaning, not their deaths.George R.r. Martin
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She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream. Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night.George R.r. Martin
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Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come.George R.r. Martin
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Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts, " he declared. "I doubt if he could kill a duck." Tyrion shrugged. "Fetch the duck.George R.r. Martin
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He'll be down with the books. My old septon used to say books are dead men talking. Dead men should keep quiet is what I say. No one wants to hear a dead man's yabber.George R.r. Martin
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Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a little less bad.George R.r. Martin
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Gold has its uses, but war is won with iron.George R.r. Martin
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One voyage to the East and a man could live as rich as a lord until the end of his days. When he'd been younger, Davos had dreamed of making such voyages himself. But the years went dancing by like moths around a flame, and somehow the time had never been quite right.George R.r. Martin
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Dreams can lie, your Grace.George R.r. Martin
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Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the other who would drag us all into the eternal lightGeorge R.r. Martin
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And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history?”“ If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.George R.r. Martin
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Man wants to be the king o’ the rabbits, he best wear a pair o’ floppy ears.George R.r. Martin
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A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.George R.r. Martin
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Hard hands and no sense of humor makes for a bad marriage.George R.r. Martin
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A book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right handsGeorge R.r. Martin
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She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honour, for love.George R.r. Martin
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There is power in a King's blood.George R.r. Martin
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There was an agelessness about him, a stillness; on Roose Bolton's face, rage and joy looked much the same.George R.r. Martin
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Free folk don't follow names, or little cloth animals sewn on a tunic, " the King-Beyond-the-Wall had told him. "They won't dance for coins, they don't care how your style yourself or what that chain of office means or who your grandsire was. They follow strength. They follow the man.George R.r. Martin
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Words are wind, and the wind from Manderly's mouth means no more than the wind escaping his bottom.George R.r. Martin
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Words are not swords.George R.r. Martin
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But words in a book were one thing. The true test came in battle.George R.r. Martin
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These woods are as empty as you think, he had said. You cannot know what the light might summon from the darkness.George R.r. Martin
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The gods are blind and men see only wha they wish.George R.r. Martin
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The gods are blind and men see only what they wish.George R.r. Martin
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Beware men with cold hearts and blue lips.George R.r. Martin
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The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish.George R.r. Martin
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Time is different for a tree than for a man. Sun and soil and water, these are the things a weirwood understands, not days and years and centuries. For men, time is a river. We are trapped in its flow, hurtling from past to present, always in the same direction. The lives of trees are different. They root and grow and die in one place, and that river does not move them. The oak is the acorn, the acorn is the oak. .George R.r. Martin
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The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.George R.r. Martin
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Much that may seem evil can be good.George R.r. Martin
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Kill the boy and let the man be born.George R.r. Martin
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All my memories are poisoned.George R.r. Martin
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The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth,George R.r. Martin
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A shy smile, strong arms, clever fingers, and two sure swords. What more could any woman want?George R.r. Martin
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A man can own a woman, and a man can own a knife, but no man can own both,George R.r. Martin
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If every woman had a direwolf, men would be much sweeter.George R.r. Martin
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A book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right hands, said Haldon.George R.r. Martin
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Then you do not belong here. Death holds no sweetness in this house. We are not warriors, nor soldiers, nor swaggering bravos puffed up with pride. We do not kill to serve some lord, to fatten our purses, to stroke our vanity. We never give the gift to please ourselves. Nor do we choose the ones we kill. We are but servants of the God of Many Faces.""Valar dohaeris." All men must serve." You know the words, but you are too proud to serve. A servant must be humble and obedient."" I obey. I can be humbler than anyone." That made him chuckle. "You will be the very goddess of humility, I am sure. But can you pay the price?"" What price?"" The price is you. The price is all you have and all you ever hope to have. We took your eyes and gave them back. Next we will take your ears, and you will walk in silence. You will give us your legs and crawl. You will be no one's daughter, no one's wife, no one's mother. Your name will be a lie, and the very face you wear will not be your own.George R.r. Martin
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Most of the stories you hear about dragons are fodder for fools.George R.r. Martin
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No wounded man shall sound me and live.George R.r. Martin
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Only the innocent know the peace of untroubled sleep. Confess sins, and you will sleep like a newborn babe.George R.r. Martin
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Every child knows its mother, Dany thought. When the seas go dry and the mountains blow in the wind like leaves.George R.r. Martin
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Secrets are worth more than silver and sapphires.George R.r. Martin
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It's death and destruction I want to bring down upon House Lannister, not scorn. Jon said.George R.r. Martin
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Death, there will be death, aye. Your lordship lost a son at the Red Wedding. I lost four upon the Blackwater. And why? Because the Lannisters stole the throne. Go to King’s Landing and look on Tommen with your own eyes, if you doubt me. A blind man could see it. What does Stannis offer you? Vengeance. Vengeance for my sons and yours, for your husbands and your fathers and your brothers. Vengeance for your murdered lord, your murdered king, your butchered princes. Vengeance!.George R.r. Martin
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Hatred does not stir the stone men half so much as hunger.George R.r. Martin
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What fire joins none man can put aside,George R.r. Martin
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Silver’s sweet and gold’s our mother, but once you’re dead they’re worth less than that last shit you take as you lie dying.George R.r. Martin
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Dying is easy, but victory comes hard.George R.r. Martin
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Without honor, a knight is no more than a common killer. It is better to die with honor than to live without it.George R.r. Martin