Quotes from George R.R. Martin

It is every man's duty to remain loyal to his rightful King, even if the lord he serves proves false.

Tyrion was exceedingly courteous; he offered his sister the choice portions of every dish, and made certain he ate only what she did. Not that he truly thought she'd poison him, but it never hurt to be careful.

One King means peace.

The contents of my chamber pot are more able than Ser Harys.

Everyone talks about snows forty foot deep, and how the ice wind comes howling out of the north, but the real enemy is the cold.

That brought the smile back to the old woman's face. "This one at least is honest," she announced, "but you, ser … I have known a dozen Westerosi knights and a thousand adventurers of the same ilk, but none so pure as you would paint yourself. Men are beasts, selfish and brutal. However gentle the words, there are always darker motives underneath. I do not trust you, ser.

Solo somos humanos, y los dioses nos hicieron para el amor. Es nuestra mayor gloria y nuestra peor tragedia.

Balon is dead! The king is dead! Yet a king will come again! For what is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger! A king will rise!

But the girl did not have sense enough to be afraid.

That was the day without a dawn.

A headsman's sword is no fit end for brave Ser Gregor. We have prayed so long for his death, it is only fair that he pray for it as well.

If you want to dream, go back to sleep," he told her."When you wake up, we'll still be escaped slaves in the middle of a siege. Crunch is dead. The pig as well, most like. Now find some armor and put it on, and never mind where it pinches. The mummer show is over. Fight or hide or shit yourself, as you like, but whatever you decide to do, you'll do it clad in steel.

I have made more mistakes than you can possibly imagine," Ned said, "but that was not one of them.

Such are the vicissitudes of life," Tuf said, "that each of us must sometimes accept that which he does not like.

Promise me, Ned, she had whispered.

Bad dreams never come true. The both of them had been so young, that had sounded almost wise.

some capers you have to pull, whether you want to or not.

Men are beasts, selfish and brutal. However gentle the words, there are always darker motives underneath.

Robert got a pair of twins on a serving wench at Casterly Rock, three years ago when he went west for Lord Tywin's tourney. Cersei had the babes killed, and sold the mother to a passing slaver.

Money buys a man's silence for a time. A bolt in the heart buys it forever.

The pale sword came shivering through the air

The hard truths are the ones to hold tight.

Davos had often heard it said that the wizards of Valyria did not cut and chisel as common masons did, but worked stone with fire and magic as a potter might work clay.

There is sitting and there is sitting. (...) Each one waits for the other to move, but the lion is poised, his tail twitching, while the fawn is frozen by fear, bowels turned to belly. No matter which way he bounds, the lion will have him, and he knows it.