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Quotes About Loyalty

Every noble house had its words. Family mottoes, touchstones, prayers of sorts, they boasted of honor and glory, promised loyalty and truth, swore faith and courage. All but the Starks. Winter is coming, said the Stark words.
~ George R.R. Martin
The Red Keep shelters two sorts of people, Lord Eddard, Varys said. Those who are loyal to the realm, and those who are loyal only to themselves.
~ 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
No one who wears a crown is ever safe.
~ George R.R. Martin
You disappoint me, Arianne. Said the crow to the raven. You have been disappointing me for years, Father.
~ George R.R. Martin
Know the men who follow you and let them know you. Don't ask your men to die for a stranger.
~ George R.R. Martin
Her big hand wrapped tight around Oathkeeper. "I will. And I will find the girl and keep her safe. For her lady mother's sake. And for yours.
~ George R.R. Martin
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you.
~ George R.R. Martin
Tell me that none of this troubles you, Jon...and I'll name you a liar, and know I have the truth of it. Jon drew himself up, taut as a bowstring. And if it did trouble me, what might I do, bastard as I am? What will you do? Mormont asked. Bastard as you are? Be troubled, said Jon, and keep my vows.
~ George R.R. Martin
When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. When they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet. Elsewise no man will ever bend the knee to you
~ George R.R. Martin
For Phyllis who made me put dragons in
~ George R.R. Martin
My great beard. I am his queen, but I will always be his cub as well, and he will always guard me
~ George R.R. Martin
Who are you? We we're king's men when we began, the man told her, but king's men must have a king, and we have none. We were brothers too, but now our brotherhood is broken. I do not know who we are, if truth be told, nor where we might be going. I only know the road is dark. The fires have not shown me what lies at its end.
~ George R.R. Martin
Dany kissed him lightly on the cheek. It heartened her to see him smile. I must be strong for him as well , she thought grimly. A knight he may be, but I am the blood of the dragon.
~ George R.R. Martin
All Knights must bleed. Blood is the seal of our devotion.
~ George R.R. Martin
I like dogs better than knights. A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face." He cupped her under the jaw, raising her chin, his fingers pinching her painfully. "And that's more than little birds can do, isn't it? I never got my song.
~ George R.R. Martin
It seems to me that a queen who trusts no one is as foolish as a queen who trusts everyone.
~ George R.R. Martin
Gentler than the Lanisters is dryer than the sea.
~ George R.R. Martin
Friend or foe, the crows care not.
~ George R.R. Martin
Edd, fetch me a block.
~ George R.R. Martin
A Hedge Knight is the truest kind of knight, Dunk. Other Knights serve the Lords who keep them, or from whom they hold their lands, but we serve where we will, for men whose causes we believe in. Every Knight swears to protect the weak, but we keep the vow the best, I think.
~ George R.R. Martin
Pick," he said, "or we kill them all." On her knees, weeping, Helaena named her youngest, Maelor. Perhaps she thought the boy was too young to understand, or perhaps it was because the older boy, Jaehaerys, was King Aegon's firstborn son and heir, next in line to the Iron Throne. "You hear that, little boy?" Cheese whispered to Maelor. "Your momma wants you dead." Then he gave Blood a grin, and the hulking swordsman slew Prince Jaehaerys,
~ George R.R. Martin
The wolf pup loved her, even if no one else did.
~ George R.R. Martin
Brother, you need never kneel to me again. We shall rule this realm together, you and I.
~ George R.R. Martin