George RR Martin

I can't command you to be brave, but I can command you to hide your fears.

All you Westerosi make a shame of loving. There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we know better. Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at allt he beauty in the world? Only a monster god, a demon of the darkness.

All men 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.

Begging for help never gets you any.

Outlaws were better at hiding than honest men.

Who would cloak themselves in shame?

Every word was bought with pain, but that was the way of the world; a man must fight to live.

Harsh justice is still justice.

It's not the walls that make a lord, it's the man.

We are born to suffer, that our sufferings might make us strong.

The thing that surprised Dany most was how unsurprised she was.

Leave spells and prayers to priests and septons and bend your wits to learning truths a man can trust in.