Quotes from George R.R. Martin

A wise man did not pour wildfire on a brazier. Instead he poured a fresh cup of wine.

You are in difficulty," she observed. "He will not come," Kraznys said. "There is a reason. A dragon is no slave.

Fool's blood, king's blood, blood on the maiden's thigh, but chains for the guests and chains for the bridegroom, aye aye aye.

The shadows come to dance my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord. The shadows come to stay my lord, stay my lord, stay my lord...

The cat who wants his bowl of cream must know when to purr and when to show his claws" - Ser Kyle, the Cat of Misty Moor

There is always someone quicker and stronger, Ser Rodrik had once told Jon and Robb. He's the man you want to face in the yard before you need to face his like upon a battlefield.

This is folly, Tyrion,' declared Lord Tywin. 'Speak to the matter at hand. You are not on trial for being a dwarf. 'That is where you err, my lord. I have been on trial for being a dwarf my entire life.

Let them look. Let them stare and whisper until they've had their fill, I will not hide myself for their sake. - Tyrion Lannister

The tree had been dead a long time, but it seemed to live again in the fire

Dunk the lunk, thick as a castle wall.

I was a lot better at starting stories than I was at finishing them.

Lady, I have never been a hero, no Ryam Redwyne or Barristan the Bold. I've won no tourneys, no renown in war... but I was a knight once, and you have helped me remember what that meant. My life is a poor thing, but it is yours.

She had to have gone elsewhere... but elsewhere is a big place.

Soy mi propio campeón, mi propio bufón y mi propio arpista.

The man had a hand down between her legs, and he must have been hurting her there, because the woman started to moan, low in her throat.

Chi legge vive mille vita prima di morire. Chi non legge mai, ne vive solo una.

Too many dragons are as dangerous as too few.

There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk.

All men are sinners.

I do solemnly proclaim Tyrion of House Lannister and Sansa of House Stark to be man and wife, one flesh, one heart, one soul, now and forever, and cursed be the one who comes between them.

Fire and Blood were the words of House Targaryen, but Dunk once heard Ser Arlan say that Aegon's should have been Wash Her and Bring Her to My Bed .

Paint stripes on a toad, he does not become a tiger.

Archmaester Rigney once wrote that history is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again, he said.

You are quite mad." The smoke had filled her eyes with tears. "If you were better born, I'd marry you.