Quotes from George R. R. Martin

Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about history that never happened, flavoured with a dash of sorcery and spiced with dragons. I take that as a compliment.

I had a couple of friends, but I was mostly the kid with his nose in a book.

Las palabras son como flechas, Arianne. Una vez lanzadas no hay manera de hacerlas volver.

We march to victory or we march to defeat, but we go forward — only forward.

You're mine and I'm yours. And if we die, we die, but first we'll live.

Any man who must say, "I am the king" is no true king.

The occasional kindness will spare you all sorts of trouble down the road.

It's hard to put a leash on a dog once you've put a crown on its head.

Power resides only where men believe it resides. . . . A very small man can cast a very large shadow.

You hear that? That's the mating call of the northmen! They want to fuck us! Well, I haven't had a good fuck in weeks, I'm ready for one!

Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

Nothing someone says before the word "but" really counts.

It's not easy being drunk all the time. Everyone would do it, if it were easy.

Laws should be made of iron, not pudding.

Some day you'll sit on the throne and the truth will be what you make it.

War was easier than daughters.

Jaime Lannister, son of the mighty Tywin, forced to mind the door while your king eats and drinks and sh*ts and f*cks.

Tears aren't a woman's only weapon. The best one's between your legs.

They say it grows so cold up here in winter that a man's laughter freezes in his throat and chokes him to death.

Go drink until it feels like you did the right thing.

A good king knows when to save his strength and when to destroy his enemies.

History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging.

Ah, the Starks! Quick tempers, slow minds.