George RR Martin
Quotes
These little wars are no more than a scuffle of children before what is to come.
Well, you gave the singers something to make rhymes about, I suppose that's not to be despised.
I count no day as lived unless I have loved a woman, slain a foeman, and eaten a fine meal.
“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.”
Everyone wants something, Alayne. And when you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.
The sun will not cease to shine if we miss a prayer or two.
The wind ran salty fingers through her hair.
There's a long league's worth of difference between willful and stupid.
The old gods paid no more heed to prayer than the new ones, it would seem. Perhaps he should take comfort in that.
It does not matter how brave or brilliant a man is, if his commands cannot be heard.
The singers make much of kings who die valiantly in battle, but your life is worth more than a song.
A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both.
