George RR Martin

I will say, I think it passing odd that I am loved by one for a kindness I never did, and reviled by so many for my finest act.

Sansa, permit me to share a bit of womanly wisdom with you on this very special day. Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.

Well, let her enjoy her plots. She was much sweeter when she thought she was outwitting him.

In formal battle, discipline is more important than courage.

Shadows are friends to men in black.

I have become the most splendid beggar in the world, but a beggar all the same.

The mountain is your mother ... Cling to her, press her face up against your teats, and she won't drop you.

Surrounded by a circle of Velaryon spearmen, they fought back to back, they made battle as graceful as a dance.

Listen with your ears, not your mouth.

Every man who's tasted my cooking has told me what a good whore I am.

The gods don't care about men, no more than kings care about peasants.

Her whole life had been one long flight, it seemed. She had begun running in her mother's womb.