Quotes from George R.R. Martin

However bright a torch might burn it could never match the rising sun.

Rubies flew like drops of blood from the chest of a dying prince, and he sank to his knees in the water and with his last breath murmured a woman's name.

I thank you for calling them off, young ser. I promise you, they would have found me indigestible.

Thank you for your many lessons Lord Baelish. I will never forget them.

She has the blood of a wolf," said Joffrey. "And you have the wits of a goose," said Tyrion.

Ser Gerold Hightower had begun his history, and Ser Barristan Selmy had continued it, but the rest Jaime Lannister would need to write for himself. He could write whatever he chose, henceforth. Whatever he chose ...

They were never my pack, not even Hot Pie and Gendry. I was stupid to think so, just a stupid little girl, and no wolf at all.

Why does a bear shit in the woods? he demanded. Because it is his nature. Lying comes as easily as breathing to a man like Littlefinger. You ought to know that, you of all people.

The world is full of horrors, Tommen. You can fight them, or laugh at them, or look without seeing...

Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used against you

The hard truths are the ones to hold tight. - Old Bear

Must you be in such haste to don your clothes, ser? I prefer you as you are. Abed, unclad, we are our truest selves, a man and a woman, lovers, one flesh, as close as two can be. Our clothes make us different people. - Arianne

This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.

Quiet as a shadow Light as a feather Quick as a snake Calm as still water Smooth as summer silk Swift as a deer Slippery as an eel Strong as a bear Fierce as a wolverine Still as stone

Cuando se juega al juego de tronos, solo se puede ganar o morir.

There are no happy endings.

Words are wind, and the only good wind is that which fills our sails.

A fool more foolish than most had once jested that even Lord Tywin's shit was flecked with gold. Some said the man was still alive, deep in the bowels of Casterly Rock.

My words lied.My eyes and my arm shouted out the truth,but you were not seeing.

spend my time warring and whoring, that's what I was made for.

I can't command you to be brave, but I can command you to hide your fears.

None of us is ever ready

When Maester Aemon heard him sing, he said his voice was honey poured over thunder.

Perhaps we can fly. All of us. How will we ever know unless we leap from some tall tower? No man ever truly knows what he can do unless he dares to leap.