Quotes from George R.R. Martin

Know the men who follow you," she heard him tell Robb once, "and let them know you. Don't ask your men to die for a stranger." At

in the black of night a man asks all the questions he dare not ask by daylight.

Aastasadu on Tsitadelli mehed surnukehi lahanud, et uurida elu olemust. Mina tahtsin mõista surma olemust ja lahkasin seepärast elusaid mehi.

The third wed the Lord of the Paps, but proved barren.

Remember. To go north, you must journey south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.

Learn to use your ears more and your mouth less, or your reign will be shorter than I am.

A real wolf would finish a wounded animal.

Nigdy nie zapominaj o tym, kim jeste?, bo ?wiat na pewno o tym nie zapomni. Uczy? z tego swoj? si??, a wtedy przestanie to by? twoj? s?abym punktem. Zrób z tego swoj? zbroj?, a nikt nie u?yje tego przeciwko tobie.

The high and humble crowded into the sept together to pray.

Stannis Baratheon turned away from the window, and the ghosts who moved upon the southern sea.

Alyn carried the Stark banner. When she saw him rein in beside Lord Beric to exchange words, it made Sansa feel ever so proud. Alyn was handsomer than Jory had been; he was going to be a knight one day. The Tower of the Hand

And here's another order. From this day forth, you will not call yourself a craven. You've faced more things this past year than most men face in a lifetime.

Shit and piss and trash were thrown from windows to the distant street until rain came to wash them away, and like plants in rich soil, the unstable, unreliable buildings rose, driven by the deep human desire to be the one least shat upon.

For men the answer was always the same, and never farther away than the nearest sword. For a woman, a mother, the way was stonier and harder to know.

Ser Alliser Thorne was the only man at table who did not so much as crack a smile. "Lannister mocks us." "Only you, Ser Alliser," Tyrion said. This time the laughter round the table had a nervous, uncertain quality to it.

The living have no place at the feasts of the dead.

Let me give you some counsel, bastard," Lannister said. "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.

Sam handed back the sword. "When I try to swat a bug, it always flies away. All I do is slap my arm. It stings." That made Jon laugh.

You will never find the eye with your fingers, Bran. You must search with your heart.

Little cats who howl too loud get drowned in the canals," warned the fair-haired bravo. "Not if they have claws.

He had long ago given up trying even to understand the unsolvable mathematics of human relationships, let alone to participate.

when the cold winds blow the lone wolf dies and the pack survives. He had it all backwards. Arya, the lone wolf, still lived, but the wolves of the pack had been taken and slain and skinned.

Pourquoi ? demanda-t-il à l'armurier. Que suis-je pour eux ? — Un chevalier qui s'est souvenu de ses vœux.

Troubled sleep was no stranger to him. He had lived his lies for fourteen years,