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Quotes About Fear

The gold of a lowland lord is as worthless as a half man's promises'' Gunthor said. ''Half a man I may be'' Tyrion said. ''Yet I have the courage to face my enemies. What do the Stone Crows do, but hide behind rocks and shiver with fear as the knights of the Vale ride by?
~ George R.R. Martin
There are worse things than dying with a song on your lips.
~ George R.R. Martin
The septons preach about the seven hells. What do they know? Only a man who's been burned knows what hell is truly like" ...She was sad for him, she realized. Somehow, the fear had gone away. The silence went on and on, so long that she began to grow afraid once more, but she was afraid for him now, not for herself. She found his massive shoulder with her hand. "He was no true knight," she whispered to him.
~ George R.R. Martin
Oak and iron, guard me well, or else I'm dead, and doomed to hell.
~ George R.R. Martin
Your brother was a terrible traitor, I know, but if we start killing men at weddings they'll be even more frightened of marriage than they are presently.
~ George R.R. Martin
What if the wolves come?" – Lommy Greenhands "Yield." – Arya Stark
~ George R.R. Martin
I can't command you to be brave, but I can command you to hide your fears.
~ George R.R. Martin
Some men think because they are afraid to do. - There is a difference between fear and caution.
~ George R.R. Martin
Even the sky was grey. Grey and grey and greyer. The whole world grey, everywhere you look, everything grey except the eyes of the bride. The eyes of the bride were brown. Big and brown and full of fear.
~ George R.R. Martin
El enemigo al que no se ve es siempre el más temible.
~ George R.R. Martin
They call me Baelon the Brave," the prince told his wife at her bedside, "but I would sooner fight a dozen battles than do what you've just done.
~ George R.R. Martin
You cannot tame a dragon with a history lesson.
~ George R.R. Martin
He wants you to smile and smell sweet and be his lady love. He wants to hear you recite all your pretty little words the way the septa taught you. He wants you to love him... and fear him.
~ George R.R. Martin
I had feared it from the start, from the moment you first smiled at me and let me touch your hand. My own father could not love me. Why would you if not for gold?
~ George R.R. Martin
Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?" "That is the only time a man can be brave,
~ George R.R. Martin
They hate you because you act like you're better than they are...." "[they are] Four that you humiliated in the yard. Four who are probably afraid of you. I've watched you fight. It's not training with you. Put a good edge on your sword, and they'd be dead meat; you know it, I know it, they know it. You leave them nothing. You shame them. Does that make you proud?
~ George R.R. Martin
Jon Snow: I'm not afraid to die. Mormont: Nor life, I hope.
~ George R.R. Martin
All me lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it ... though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces.
~ George R.R. Martin
If the lamb sees the knife, she panics. Her panic seeps into her meat, darkens it, fouls the flavor.
~ George R.R. Martin
Do as you're told, sweetling, it won't be so bad. Wolves are supposed to be brave, aren't they?
~ George R.R. Martin
Maester Luwin says there's nothing in dreams that a man need fear.' 'There is,' said Jojen. 'What?' 'The past. The future. The truth." - Bran & Jojen
~ George R.R. Martin
I need to sleep, but fear to dream.
~ George R.R. Martin
The night is dark and full of terrors, and so are dreams.
~ George R.R. Martin
Why did you make your people lambs, when the world is full of wolves.
~ George R.R. Martin