George RR Martin
Quotes
A lie is not so bad if it is kindly meant.
Archmaester Rigney once wrote that history is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.
Even a man who has survived a hundred fights can break in his hundred and first.
In the game of thrones, even the humblest pieces can have wills of their own. Sometimes they refuse to make the moves you've planned for them. Mark that well, Alayne. It's a lesson that Cersei Lannister still has yet to learn.
Name the cow what you will, so long as the milk flows.
Knowledge is a weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to battle.
When the cold wind blows the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.
Glory is good, but gold is better.
The brave man slays with a sword, the craven with a wineskin.
You cannot eat love, nor buy a horse with it, nor warm your house on a cold night.
No fight is hopeless till it has been fought.
A man does not need to be a wizard to know truth from falsehood, not if he has eyes.
