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Quotes About Understanding

Do you think it will truly come to battle between them? If they should come to some accord—" "They won't," Tyrion said. "They are too different and yet too much alike, and neither could ever stomach the other.
~ George R.R. Martin
Familiarity is the father of acceptance.
~ George R.R. Martin
Tell Khan Drogo that he has given me the wind.
~ George R.R. Martin
Jaime gave her [Brienne] a hard smile. "See, wench? We know each other too well.
~ George R.R. Martin
Hodor, hush," said Bran. "Be quiet now. No more stupid hodoring.
~ George R.R. Martin
A man must know how to look before he can hope to see.
~ George R.R. Martin
A queen must listen to all," she reminded him. "The highborn and the low, the strong and the weak, the noble and the venal. One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.
~ George R.R. Martin
Sometimes a man knows more than he says.
~ George R.R. Martin
You will never find the eye with your fingers, Bran. You must search with your heart."Jojen studied Bran's face with those strange green eyes. "Or are you afraid?" "Maester Luwin says there's nothing in dreams that a man need fear." "There is," said Jojen. "What?" "The past. The future. The truth.
~ George R.R. Martin
Words are not swords.
~ George R.R. Martin
A man sees. A man hears. A man knows.
~ George R.R. Martin
The madness of mercy," Ned admitted. "Ah," said Varys. "To be sure. You are an honest and honorable man, Lord Eddard. Ofttimes I forget that. I have met so few of them in my life." He glanced around the cell. "When I see what honesty and honor have won you, I understand why.
~ George R.R. Martin
And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things." Tyrion Lannister placed a hand over his heart and grinned.
~ George R.R. Martin
Fat and awkward and frightened he might be, but Samwell Tarly was no fool. One night he visited Jon in his cell. "I don't know what you did," he said, "but I know you did it." He looked away shyly. "I've never had a friend before." "We're not friends," Jon said. He put a hand on Sam's broad shoulder. "We're brothers.
~ George R.R. Martin
Hay muchas cosas que no comprendo —reconoció Davos—. Nunca he dicho lo contrario. Sé de ríos y de mares, de la forma de las costas y dónde acechan las rocas en los bajíos. Sé de calas secretas en las que un barco puede atracar sin que nadie lo vea. Y sé que un rey protege a su pueblo, de lo contrario no es un rey.
~ George R.R. Martin
one naked girl with a mud up to her knees could not seem to take her eyes off Tyrion. She has never seen a dwarf before, he realized, much less a dwarf without a nose. He made a face and stuck his tongue out and the girl began to cry
~ George R.R. Martin
And she would weep. When he saw tears rolling down her face, he would forgive her. She was less certain whether she would forgive herself.
~ George R.R. Martin
Tell me who's won and I'll tell you what it means.
~ George R.R. Martin
Tvoj je problem taj što ti razum upravlja životom.O svemu razmišljaš.Razmišljaš kad bi morao osje?ati.Otvori se,prepusti na volju srcu,osje?ajima...
~ George R.R. Martin
Theon Greyjoy had once commented that Hodor did not know much, but no one could doubt that he knew his name. Old Nan had cackled like a hen when Bran told her that, and confessed that Hodor's real name was Walder. No one knew where "Hodor" had come from, she said, but when he started saying it, they started calling him by it. It was the only word he had.
~ George R.R. Martin
Just once you might try to give me an answer that would please me, Lord Snow.
~ George R.R. Martin
Aastasadu on Tsitadelli mehed surnukehi lahanud, et uurida elu olemust. Mina tahtsin mõista surma olemust ja lahkasin seepärast elusaid mehi.
~ George R.R. Martin
Learn to use your ears more and your mouth less, or your reign will be shorter than I am.
~ George R.R. Martin
You will never find the eye with your fingers, Bran. You must search with your heart.
~ George R.R. Martin