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Quotes About Ambiguity

Sometimes he thinks of me as a child he must protect, and sometimes as a woman he would like to bed, but does he ever truly see me as his queen?
~ George R.R. Martin
In his dreams Jaime always had two hands; one was made of gold, but it worked just like the other.
~ George R.R. Martin
Much that may seem evil can be good.
~ George R.R. Martin
Where Melisandre thinks to find a sleeping dragon, no one is quite sure. It's nonsense. Mance's blood is no more royal than mine own.
~ George R.R. Martin
What if I am? It seems to me that most men are grey." "If half of an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion.
~ George R.R. Martin
They betrayed me. But they saved me. But they lied. - Daenerys
~ George R.R. Martin
You are the Lady Asha of House Greyjoy, unless I am mistaken." "I am Asha of House Greyjoy, aye. Opinions differ on whether I am a lady.
~ George R.R. Martin
Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game." "What … what game?" "The only game. The game of thrones.
~ George R.R. Martin
Mantende sempre os vossos inimigos confusos. Se nunca estiverem seguros de quem sois ou do que quereis, não podem saber o que é provável fazerdes em seguida. Por vezes a melhor maneira de os confundir é fazer coisas que não têm nenhum fito, ou até que parecem jogar contra vós.
~ George R.R. Martin
she ducked from her doorway and pressed on, neither too fast nor too slow, soft bootheels silent on the dewy cobbles, her unexceptional hood drawn down to an inconspicuous degree, the very image of a person with just the average amount to hide.
~ George R.R. Martin
Another day done"—he would sigh—"and who knows what the morrow will bring us, eh, Dunk?
~ George R.R. Martin
George R.R. Martin
~ Chaos is a ladder
Was there ever a man as beautiful or as vile as this one?
~ George R.R. Martin
Irgalom – gondolta Theon, miután Luwin ismét lemaradt-, aljas egy csapda. Túl sokat adsz bel?le, és gyengének tartanak, túl keveset, és szörnyetegnek.
~ George R.R. Martin
It's not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It's a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again.
~ George R.R. Martin
I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.
~ Georges Bataille
Indeed, the direction of the future is only there in order to elude us.
~ Georges Bataille
Art is made to disturb. Science reassures. There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.
~ Georges Braque
In art there is only one thing that counts; the thing you can't explain.
~ Georges Braque
She came forward, the outlines of her figure blurred in the half-light. She came forward like a film star, or rather like the ideal woman in an adolescent's dream.
~ Georges Simenon
When I write, I know who I am, but once I stop, I am no longer so sure.
~ Georgi Gospodinov
Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing--and keeping the unknown always beyond you.
~ Georgia O'Keefe
It may look like a boat with a hole, but it may be a hole with a boat.
~ Gerald A. Browne
said Mother vaguely.
~ Gerald Durrell