Quotes from George R. R. Martin

I learned how to die a long time ago.

I only know she was the only thing I ever wanted. Someone took her away from me and Seven Kingdoms couldn't fill the hole she left behind.

I will hurt you for this. A day will come when you think you are safe and happy and your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you will know the debt is paid.

The Lord of Light wants his enemies burnt. The Drowned God wants his enemies drowned. Why are all the gods such vicious cunts? Where is the god of tits and wine?

If I had stabbed the mad king in the belly instead of the back, would you admire me more?

You love your children. It's your one redeeming quality; that and your cheekbones.

I'll go to war with him if I have to. They can write a ballad about us, "The War For Cersei's Cunt."

I understand that if any more words come pouring out your cunt mouth, I'm going to have to eat every fucking chicken in this room.

If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.

I want to weep, she thought. I want to be comforted. I'm so tired of being strong. I want to be foolish and frightened for once. Just for a small while, that's all....a day.....an hour.

There was an edge to this darkness.... A cold wind was blowing out of the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.

Your king says he betrayed me for love. I say he betrayed me for firm t*ts and a tight fit. And I can respect that.

The brave men did not kill dragons. The brave men rode them.

You think my life is such a precious thing to me, that I would trade my honor for a few more years, of what?

Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder.

You want to lead one day? Then learn how to follow.

The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands!

There's a beast in every man and it stirs when you put a sword in his hand.

War is war, but killing a man at a wedding, horrid. What sort of monster would do such a thing? As if men need more reasons to fear marriage.

A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose.

Dead rats don't squeak.

The more people you love, the weaker you are. . . . Love no one but your children.

There are no heroes...in life, the monsters win.

A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.