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Quotes from George R. R. Martin

Nothing' isn't better or worse than anything. Nothing is just... nothing." Arya Stark
~ George R. R. Martin
it is real, all of it, he thought, the wars, the intrigues, the great bloody game, and me in the center of it... me, the dwarf, the monster, the one they scorned and laughed at, but now i hold it all, the power, the city, the girl. this was what i was made for, and gods forgive me, but i do love it... and her. and her." (tyrion lannister)
~ George R. R. Martin
La muerte es tan... definitiva! Mientras que la vida está llena de posibilidades
~ George R. R. Martin
Hold yourself.. why Winter is coming." Eddard Stark
~ George R. R. Martin
You look pale, Sansa," Cersei observed. "Is your red flower still blooming?" "Yes" "How apt. The men will bleed out there, and you in here.
~ George R. R. Martin
Some woman, no doubt. Most of them are." He favored Jon with a rueful grin. "Remember this, boy. All dwarfs are bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs." And with that he turned and sauntered back into the feast, whistling a tune. When he opened the door, the light from within threw his shadow clear across the yard, and for just a moment Tyrion Lannister stood tall as a king.
~ George R. R. Martin
At sixteen, he was cursed with all the certainty of youth, unleavened by any trace of humor or self-doubt, and wed to the arrogance that came so naturally to those born blond and strong and handsome.
~ George R. R. Martin
The title was but a courtesy due him as a council member; Varys was lord of nothing but the spiderweb, the master of none but his whisperers.
~ George R. R. Martin
Let me give you some advice, bastard. Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor. And it can never be used to hurt you.
~ George R. R. Martin
I never win anything," Dolorous Edd complained. "The gods always smiled on Watt, though. When the wildlings knocked him off the Bridge of Skulls, somehow he landed in a nice depp proof of water. How lucky was that, missing all those rocks?" "Was it a long fall?" Green wanted to know. "Did landing in the pool of water save his life?" "No," said Dolorous Edd. "He was dead already, from that axe in his head. Still, it was pretty lucky, missing the rocks.
~ George R. R. Martin
Si no tiene nada que temer, un cobarde no se distingue en nada de un valiente. Y todos cumplimos con nuestro deber cuando no nos cuesta nada.
~ George R. R. Martin
I learned long ago that it is considered rude to vomit on your brother
~ George R. R. Martin
Yet even so the darkness thickened, until it covered his eyes and filled his nose and stopped his ears, so he could not see or smell or hear or run, and the grey cliffs were gone and the dead horse was gone and his brother was gone and all was black and still and black and cold and black and dead and black…
~ George R. R. Martin
That was a lesson Melisandre had learned long before Asshai; the more effortless the sorcery appears, the more men fear the sorcerer.
~ George R. R. Martin
I loved a maid as white as winter, with moonglow in her hair.
~ George R. R. Martin
Tyrion Lannister was bundled in furs so thickly he looked like a very small bear
~ George R. R. Martin
Fear is what keeps a man alive in this world if treachery and deceit.
~ George R. R. Martin
Art is not a democracy.
~ George R. R. Martin
You'll be sewing all through winter. When the spring thaw comes, they will find your body with a needle still locked tight between your frozen fingers.
~ George R. R. Martin
The wind pulled at his clothes like an insistent lover.
~ George R. R. Martin
Who'd want to kill the likes of you?" "My lord father, for one. He's put me in the van." "I'd do the same. A small man with a big shield. You'll give the archers fits.
~ George R. R. Martin
oh, don't look so aggrieved. I have never met a man I didn't provoke" ~ Asha Greyjoy (from a Feast For Crows)
~ George R. R. Martin
I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health.
~ George R. R. Martin
Warum sollte der Tod einen Mann ehrlicher oder gar klüger machen? Die Toten sind wahrscheinlich dumme Kerle, die sich unaufhörlich beklagen - die Erde ist zu kalt, mein Grabstein sollte größer sein, warum hat er mehr Würmer als ich...
~ George R. R. Martin