# A Storm of Swords - Author: [George RR Martin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin.md) - Quotes: 197 - Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords ## Quotes > Begging for help never gets you any. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/begging-for-help.md) > Outlaws were better at hiding than honest men. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/outlaws-were-better.md) > Harsh justice is still justice. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/harsh-justice-is-still.md) > It's not the walls that make a lord, it's the man. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/its-not-the.md) > The thing that surprised Dany most was how unsurprised she was. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-thing-that.md) > A toad grows wings and thinks he's a bloody dragon. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-toad-grows.md) > The hottest fires burn out quickest. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-hottest-fires.md) > Outside the flakes drifted down as soft and silent as memory. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/outside-the-flakes.md) > The faithful dog is kicked, and no matter how the spider weaves, he is never loved. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-faithful-dog.md) > She was Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, khaleesi and queen, Mother of Dragons, slayer of warlocks, breaker of chains, and there was no one in the world that she could trust. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/she-was-daenerys.md) > “Have they told you who I am?”... > > “Some dead man.” [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/have-they-told.md) > Strangers are not so strange in a port as they are in little villages. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/strangers-are-not.md) > “Another name? Oh, certainly. And when the Faceless Men come to kill me, I’ll say, ‘No, you have the wrong man, I’m a different dwarf with a hideous facial scar.’” > > Both Lannisters laughed at the absurdity of it all. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/another-name-oh-certainly.md) > “Who better to command the black cloaks than a man who once commanded the gold cloaks, sire?” > > “Any of you, I would think. Even the cook.” [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/who-better-to-command.md) > She is brave as well. She had to be, to survive the life she's lived. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/she-is-brave.md) > If this was power, why did it taste like tedium? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/if-this-was.md) > Lord Seaworth is a man of humble birth, but he reminded me of my duty, when all I could think of was my rights. I had the cart before the horse, Davos said. I was trying to win the throne to save the kingdom, when I should have been trying to save the kingdom to win the throne. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/lord-seaworth-is-a-man.md) > What was given once can be given again. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/what-was-given.md) > The living have no place at the feasts of the dead. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-living-have.md) > Sometimes the short road is not the safest ... Sorcery is a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/sometimes-the-short.md) > Dany stared at herself in silence. Is this the face of a conqueror? So far as she could tell, she still looked like a little girl. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/dany-stared-at-herself.md) > Flies are the dead man's revenge. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/flies-are-the.md) > He wished he'd been able to think of some rousing last words. "Bugger it all" was not like to earn him much of a place in the histories. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/he-wished-hed.md) > Dawn stole into her garden like a thief. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/dawn-stole-into.md) > Could there be honor in a lie if it were told for a ... a good purpose? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/could-there-be-honor.md) > The gods gave me no gift but birth, and they stinted me there. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-gods-gave.md) > In King's Landing, there are two sorts of people: The players and the pieces. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/in-kings-landing.md) > The oak recalls the acorn, the acorn dreams the oak, the stump lives in them both. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-oak-recalls.md) > Half a mile north, the wildling encampments were stirring, their campsites sending up smoky fingers to scratch against the pale dawn sky. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/half-a-mile.md) > If you keep all your treasures in one purse, you only make it easier for those who would rob you. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/if-you-keep.md) > Small men curse what they cannot understand. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/small-men-curse.md) > There is much confusion in any war. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/there-is-much.md) > Only a starving man begs bread from a beggar. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/only-a-starving.md) > A bag of dragons buys a man's silence for a while, but a well-placed quarrel buys it forever. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-bag-of-dragons.md) > We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance on in our steads. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/we-are-puppets.md) > A man is never so vulnerable in battle as when he flees. A running man is like a wounded animal to a soldier. It gets his bloodlust up. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-man-is-never.md) > You call us thieves, but at least a thief has to be brave and clever and quick. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/you-call-us-thieves.md) > Defeat is a disease, and victory is the cure. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/defeat-is-a-disease.md) > 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. And any man who must say "I am the king" is no king at all. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/when-your-enemies.md) > Nothing discourages unwanted questions as much as a flow of pious bleating. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/nothing-discourages-unwanted.md) > It was almost worth dying to know all the trouble he’d made. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/it-was-almost.md) > Any man can read, my lord. There is no magic needed, nor high birth. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/any-man-can.md) > I'd sooner be stolen by a strong man than be given t'some weakling by my father. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/id-sooner-be-stolen.md) > The best way to learn a thing was to do it, he had found; sails or scrolls, it made no matter. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-best-way.md) > The boar can keep his tusks and the bear his claws. There's nothing half so mortal as a grey goose feather. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-boar-can.md) > Men are seldom as they appear. You look so very guilty that I am convinced of your innocence. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/men-are-seldom.md) > Is it treason to say a man is mortal? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/is-it-treason-to.md) > Men can't own the land no more'n they can own the sea or the sky. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/men-cant-own.md) > Life would be much simpler if men could fuck themselves, don't you agree? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/life-would-be-much.md) > Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/explain-to-me-why.md) > Ser Meryn got a stubborn look on his face. “Are you telling us not to obey the king?” > > “The king is eight. Our first duty is to protect him, which includes protecting him from himself. Use that ugly thing you keep inside your helm. If Tommen wants you to saddle his horse, obey him. If he tells you to kill his horse, come to me.” [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/ser-meryn-got.md) > The gods sometimes let us glimpse the future as we lay dying. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-gods-sometimes.md) > The Fingers are a lovely place, if you happen to be a stone. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-fingers-are.md) > A harp can be as dangerous as a sword, in the right hands. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-harp-can.md) > “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.” [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/always-keep-your.md) > I never asked for this crown. Gold is cold and heavy on the head ... [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/i-never-asked.md) > "Maybe we can save her!" > > "Maybe you can. I'm not done living yet." [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/maybe-we-can.md) > He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in the bedchamber, poor fool. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/he-won-the.md) > I am speaking to myself, as I was, all cocksure arrogance and empty chivlary. This is what it does to you, to be too good too young. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/i-am-speaking.md) > Nothing says home like the smell of a dung fire burning. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/nothing-says-home.md) > "You're going to fight that?" > > "I'm going to kill that." [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/youre-going-to-fight.md) > It was not a life he'd ever dreamed of, but it was a life. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/it-was-not.md) > We do not choose our destinies. Yet we must ... we must do our duty, no? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/we-do-not.md) > "The Wall will stop them," Jon heard himself say. He turned and said it again louder. "The Wall will stop them. The Wall defends itself." Hollow words, but he needed to say them, almost as much as his brothers needed to hear them. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-wall-will.md) > All men must die, Jon Snow. But first we'll live. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/all-men-must.md) > An ant who hears the words of a king may not comprehend what he is saying ... If sometimes I have mistaken a warning for a prophecy, or a prophecy for a warning, the fault lies in the reader, not the book. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/an-ant-who.md) > We're all just songs in the end. If we are lucky. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/were-all-just.md) > These little wars are no more than a scuffle of children before what is to come. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/these-little-wars.md) > Well, you gave the singers something to make rhymes about, I suppose that's not to be despised. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/well-you-gave.md) > I count no day as lived unless I have loved a woman, slain a foeman, and eaten a fine meal. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/i-count-no-day.md) > “Her name is Brienne,” Jaime said. “Brienne, the maid of Tarth. You are still maiden, I hope?” > > Her broad homely face turned red. “Yes.” > > ”Oh, good,” Jaime said. “I only rescue maidens.” [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/her-name-is-brienne.md) > Everyone wants something, Alayne. And when you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/everyone-wants-something.md) > The sun will not cease to shine if we miss a prayer or two. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-sun-will.md) > The wind ran salty fingers through her hair. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-wind-ran.md) > There's a long league's worth of difference between willful and stupid. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/theres-a-long.md) > The old gods paid no more heed to prayer than the new ones, it would seem. Perhaps he should take comfort in that. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-old-gods.md) > It does not matter how brave or brilliant a man is, if his commands cannot be heard. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/it-does-not.md) > The singers make much of kings who die valiantly in battle, but your life is worth more than a song. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-singers-make.md) > A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-man-can.md) > Arya was tired of making for Riverrun. She had been making for Riverrun for years, it seemed, without ever getting there. Every time she made for Riverrun, she ended up someplace worse. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/arya-was-tired.md) > That night the wind was howling almost like a wolf, and there were some real wolves off to the west giving it lessons. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/that-night-the.md) > A man who fears battle wins no victories ... [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-man-who-fears.md) > They feared the man I was; the man I am they'd pity. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/they-feared-the.md) > Which is more dangerous—the dagger brandished by an enemy, or the hidden one pressed into your back by the enemy you never see> [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/which-is-more.md) > Is there anything so disgusting as frozen sweat? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/is-there-anything.md) > There is truth in the flames, but it is not always easy to see. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/there-is-truth.md) > A smuggler had best know men as well as tides, or he would not live to smuggle long. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-smuggler-had.md) > "Some would say it's a poor king who crowns himself with bronze, Your Grace" > > "Bronze and iron are stronger than gold and silver" [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/some-would-say.md) > A valiant deed unsung is no less valiant. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-valiant-deed.md) > He was tempted to ask what she prayed for, but Sansa was so dutiful she might actually tell him, and he didn't think he wanted to know. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/he-was-tempted.md) > Men die in war, even men who are young and strong. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/men-die-in-war.md) > Do you think I crossed half the world to put yet another vain king on yet another empty throne? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/do-you-think.md) > "He likes the stories where the knights fight monsters." > > "Sometimes the knights are the monsters, Bran." [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/he-likes-the.md) > The night is dark and full of terrors, the day is bright and beautiful and full of hope. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-night-is-dark.md) > The crown is crushing him [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-crown-is-crushing.md) > So easy, he remembered thinking. '"A king should die harder than this." [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/so-easy-he-remembered.md) > The north remembers. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-north-remembers.md) > This was what he was meant for; he never felt so alive as when he was fighting, with death balanced on every stroke. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/this-was-what.md) > Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/any-act-can.md) > If a song makes a maid want to take off her clothes and feel the good warm sun kiss her skin, why, is that the singer's fault? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/if-a-song.md) > In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/in-the-world.md) > One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/one-voice-may.md) > A knight's a sword with a horse. The rest, the vows and the sacred oils and the lady's favors, they're silk ribbons tied round the sword. Maybe the sword's prettier with ribbons hanging off it, but it will kill you just as dead. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-knights-a-sword.md) > The feast seemed to go on forever, yet Sansa tasted none of the food. She wanted it to be done, and yet she dreaded its end. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-feast-seemed.md) > I am not going to banish him just because my wolf doesn't like the way he smells [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/i-am-not.md) > Is it treason to say the truth? A bitter truth, but no less true for that. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/is-it-treason.md) > They are children, Sansa thought ... They've never seen a battle, they've never seen a man die, they know nothing. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/they-are-children.md) > That was such a slippery word, may. In any language. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/that-was-such.md) > What we want is not always what we get. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/what-we-want.md) > She loved the sea. She liked the sharp salty smell of the air, and the vastness of the horizons bounded only by a vault of azure sky above. It made her feel small, but free as well. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/she-loved-the.md) > It seems to me that a queen who trusts no one is as foolish as a queen who trusts everyone. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/it-seems-to-me-that.md) > I never dreamed how quick the sweet would turn to sour. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/i-never-dreamed.md) > When I don't fancy a man's eyes, I put an arrow through one. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/when-i-dont.md) > All she felt was pity, and pity was death to desire. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/all-she-felt.md) > In times like these, it is better to be insignificant [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/in-times-like.md) > "Symon says there's to be seventy-seven courses and a hundred doves backed into a great pie," Shae gushed. "When the crust's opened they'll all burst out and fly."After which they will roost in the rafters and rain down birdshit on the guests." Tyrion had suffered such wedding pies before. The doves liked to shit on him especially, or so he had always suspected. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/symon-says-theres.md) > There's naught to eat in the dark but flesh. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/theres-naught-to-eat.md) > We'd been sent out by the King's Hand to deal with the outlaws, you see, but now we were the outlaws ... [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/wed-been-sent.md) > He'd been cold for so long he was forgetting what it was like to feel warm. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/hed-been-cold.md) > You're prettier with your mouth closed. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/youre-prettier-with.md) > Somehow the singing made the miles seem shorter. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/somehow-the-singing.md) > A fat man always sits comfortably, I am thinking, for he takes his pillow wherever he goes. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-fat-man.md) > I've made a botch of everything but the battles, haven't I? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/ive-made-a-botch.md) > It was easy to lose your way beyond the Wall. Jon did not know that he could tell honor from shame anymore, or right from wrong. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/it-was-easy.md) > "The crossbow is a coward's weapon." > > "It'll put a bolt in your heart all the same." [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-crossbow-is-a-cowards.md) > Sometimes the best thing you can do is nothing. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/sometimes-the-best.md) > It is too late for ifs, and too late for rescues. All that matters now is vengeance. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/it-is-too.md) > It had been raining for days now, a cold grey downpour that well suited Catelyn's mood. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/it-had-been.md) > What good is it to be a skinchanger if you can't wear the skin you like? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/what-good-is.md) > Through stone walls and doors, through night and rain, he still knows the smell of death and ruin. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/through-stone-walls.md) > If this is so wrong ... why did the gods make it feel so good? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/if-this-is-so-wrong.md) > It was that white cloak that soiled me, not the other way around. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/it-was-that.md) > "What of love?" > > "When the sun has set, no candle can replace it." [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/what-of-love.md) > It had been so long since she had enjoyed the company of other women, she had almost forgotten how pleasant it could be. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/it-had-been-so.md) > When the dead walk, walls and stakes and swords mean nothing. You cannot fight the dead, Jon Snow. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/when-the-dead.md) > There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, that beast stirs. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/there-is-a-savage.md) > A hall is no place for a wolf. He gets restless, you've seen. Growling and snapping. I should have never taken him into battle with me. He's killed far too many men to fear them now. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-hall-is-no-place.md) > We look up at the same stars, and see such different things. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/we-look-up-at-the.md) > Wars need not be fought until the last drop of blood. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/wars-need-not.md) > How can the night be so beautiful? he asked himself. Why would the stars want to look down on the likes of me? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/how-can-the.md) > A true man steals a woman from afar, t'strengthen the clan. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-true-man.md) > Littlefinger's gold is made from thin air, with a snap of his fingers. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/littlefingers-gold-is-made.md) > How can I help you master a gift I do not understand? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/how-can-i-help.md) > The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-greatest-fools.md) > You know nothing, Jon Snow. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/you-know-nothing.md) > Sometimes Old Nan would tell the same story she’d told before, but we never minded, if it was a good story. Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/sometimes-old-nan.md) > Somehow the laughter made her hopeful again, if only for a little while. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/somehow-the-laughter.md) > "There will be pain." > > "I'll scream." > > "A great deal of pain." > > "I'll scream very loudly." [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/there-will-be-pain.md) > There is a tool for every task, and a task for every tool. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/there-is-a-tool.md) > A man cannot sup from the beggar's bowl all his life and stay a man. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-man-cannot.md) > The tip of his tongue ran across his lower lip like a shy pink animal. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-tip-of-his.md) > To touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/to-touch-the.md) > They stood among the trees to see the end of the night's dark dance. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/they-stood-among.md) > Bowen knows a great deal more about counting swords than he's ever known about using them. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/bowen-knows-a-great.md) > There are worse things than dying with a song on your lips. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/there-are-worse.md) > A man who kills for coin has no honor, but at least they are no slaves. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-man-who.md) > How can you be the prince of someplace you might never see again? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/how-can-you.md) > How could you do this, Robb. How could you be so heedless, so stupid? How could you be so ... so ... very ... young? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/how-could-you.md) > Extravagance has its uses. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/extravagance-has-its.md) > I know your kneeler's knees must be itching, for want of some king to bend to. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/i-know-your.md) > If a man does not use his member it grows smaller and smaller, until one day he wants to piss and cannot find it. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/if-a-man.md) > I only sing the songs that better men have made. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/i-only-sing.md) > A wall is only as strong as the men who defend it. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-wall-is-only.md) > "They're our horses." > > "Meaning you stole them yourselves, is that it? War makes thieves of many honest folk." [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/theyre-our-horses.md) > Shadows only live when given birth by the light. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/shadows-only-live.md) > I've won every battle, yet somehow I'm losing the war. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/ive-won-every.md) > A wise man never makes an enemy of a king. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-wise-man.md) > I'm much less boring than these others. I hope that you're fond of fools. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/im-much-less.md) > I wonder what the High Septon would say about the sanctity of oaths sworn while dead drunk, chained to a wall, with a sword pressed against your chest? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/i-wonder-what.md) > He knew how to dress and he knew how to smile and he knew how to bathe, and somehow he got the notion that this made him fit to be king. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/he-knew-how.md) > A good threat is often more telling than a blow. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-good-threat.md) > All he needed to do now was nothing. A few moments more, and he would be with his sons now, resting in the cool green mud of the bottom of the sea, with fish nibbling at his face. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/all-he-needed.md) > How can a father outlive so many strong young sons? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/how-can-a-father.md) > Thirst, hunger, exposure. These were his companions, with him every hour of every day, and he had come to think of them as his friends. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/thirst-hunger-exposure.md) > Once the cow's been milked there's no squeezing the cream back up her udder. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/once-the-cows.md) > All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than the ones with crowns. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/all-men-are.md) > In the Red Keep a man did his best to hold his tongue. There were rats in the walls, and little birds who talked too much, and spiders. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/in-the-red.md) > They had numbers, but the Night's Watch had discipline, and in battle discipline beats numbers nine times out of ten, his father had once said. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/they-had-numbers.md) > That was the day without a dawn. Slowly the sky brightened around them, but they never saw the sun. Black turned to grey, and colors crept timidly back into the world. The soldier pines were dressed in somber greens, the broadleafs in russets and faded golds already beginning to brown. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/that-was-the.md) > A singer once said all maids are fair in silk ... but he never met you, did he? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-singer-once.md) > Davos had always been a sailor; he was meant to die at sea. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/davos-had-always.md) > The best we can hope for is to die with swords in our hands. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/the-best-we-can.md) > My sister has mistaken me for a mushroom. She keeps me in the dark and feeds me shit. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/my-sister-has.md) > His refuge was no more than a speck on the charts, in a place that honest sailors steered away from, not toward. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/his-refuge-was.md) > Courtesy is a lady's armor. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/courtesy-is-a-ladys.md) > If there was one thing Sansa had learned here, it was mistrust. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/if-there-was.md) > It is easy to mount a lion and not so easy to get off ... Should you ever have a son, Sansa, beat him frequently so he learns to mind you ... All these kings would do a little bit better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/it-is-easy.md) > "I'll leave no innocents to be food for crows." > > "A heartless wench. Crows need to eat as well." [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/ill-leave-no-innocents.md) > It's better if he's scared of me, she told herself. That way he'll do like I say, instead of something stupid.She should be more frightened herself, she knew. She was only ten, a skinny girl on a stolen horse with a dark forest ahead of her and men behind her who would gladly cut off her feet. Yet somehow she felt calmer here than she ever had at Herrenhal. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/its-better-if-hes.md) > It's dangerous being free, but most come to like the taste o' it. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/its-dangerous-being.md) > Every lord has need of a beast from time to time. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/every-lord-has.md) > To pay for his one sweet moment, they took his whole life. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/to-pay-for.md) > A dead enemy is a joy forever. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/a-dead-enemy.md) > It made Sansa wince just to watch. They have scarcely finished burying the dead from that last battle, and already they are practicing for the next one. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/it-made-sansa.md) > My hirelings betray me, my friends are scourged and shamed, and I lie here rotting, Tyrion thought. I thought I won the bloody battle. Is this what triumph tastes like? [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/my-hirelings-betray.md) > I’ve never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they’re only men with the useful bits cut off. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/ive-never-been.md) > Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-rr-martin/a-storm-of-swords/some-battles-are.md)