Quotes from George R.R. Martin

A mad man sees what he sees.

His dagger was out, poised at her throat. "Sing, little bird. Sing for your little life.

I'm sorry that I never trusted you. I don't know how to do that anymore.

Give a thing a name and it will somehow come to be.

He had found over the years that silence sometimes yielded more than questions. And so it was this time.

In this light she could almost be a beauty, he thought. In this light she could almost be a knight." - Jaime

I tell you this—Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.

The choice is yours, brother. Live a thrall or die a king. Do you dare to fly? Unless you take the leap, you'll never know." - Euron Greyjoy

Mother, I want to see him fly!

Melisandre: I pray for a glimpse of Azor Ahai, and R'hllor shows me only snow.

As well ask what good is life, what good is death? If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him—valar morghulis.

The seeds of war are oft planted during times of peace.

Perhaps you should speak more softly to me, then. Monsters are dangerous beasts, and just now kings seem to be dying like flies.

In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.

If I could wish the Kingslayer back in chains I would. You freed him without my knowledge or consent... but what you did, I know you did for love. For Arya and Sansa, and out of grief for Bran and Rickon. Love's not always wise, I've learned. It can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts... wherever they take us. Don't we, Mother?

If I could pray with my cock, I'd be much more religious

Why ask for truth," Ser Barristan said softly, "if you close your ears to it?

So be it. I'll wear my iron and hold my tongue. A man who won't listen can't hear.

A sweet face oft hides a sinner's heart.

I do so hope he plays us 'The Rains of Castamere.' It has been an hour. I've forgotten how it goes.

You don't just have people who wake up in the morning and say, "What evil things can I do today, because I'm Mr. Evil?" People do things for what they think are justified reasons. Everybody is the hero of their own story, and you have to keep that in mind. If you read a lot of history, as I do, even the worst and most monstrous people thought they were the good guys. We're all very tangled knots.

Dark wings, dark words.

Once a man has seen a dragon in flight, let him stay home and tend his garden in content, someone had written once, for this wide world has no greater wonder." Tyrion scratched at his scar and tried to recall the author's name.

If half an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion. A man is good or he is evil.