George RR Martin
Quotes
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.
"What's the use of a candle that casts no light?”
“It is a lesson,” Armen said, the last lesson we must learn before we don our maester’s chains. The glass candle is meant to represent truth and learning, rare and beautiful and fragile things. It is made in the shape of a candle to remind us that a maester must cast light wherever he serves, and it is sharp to remind us that knowledge can be dangerous. Wise men may grow arrogant in their wisdom, but a maester must always remain humble. The glass candle reminds us of that as well. Even after he has said his vow and donned his chain and gone forth to serve, a maester will think back on the darkness of his vigil and remember how nothing that he did could make the candle burn...for even with knowledge, some things are not possible."
Girl or boy, we fight our battles ... but the gods let us choose our weapons
Dawn stole into her garden like a thief.
When the lion falls the lesser beasts move in.
Could there be honor in a lie if it were told for a ... a good purpose?
The gods gave me no gift but birth, and they stinted me there.
In King's Landing, there are two sorts of people: The players and the pieces.
The oak recalls the acorn, the acorn dreams the oak, the stump lives in them both.
Half a mile north, the wildling encampments were stirring, their campsites sending up smoky fingers to scratch against the pale dawn sky.
If you keep all your treasures in one purse, you only make it easier for those who would rob you.
Small men curse what they cannot understand.
