George RR Martin

Catelyn was finding that kings do not listen half so attentively as sons.

A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man’s life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose.

Laughter is poison to fear.

Generations of capering fools in motley have won me the right to dress badly and say any damn thing that comes into my head.

It is no good hammering your sword into a plowshare if you must forge it again on the morrow.

Wherever you have a camp, you are certain to have camp followers.

The words gave her a chill, as they always did. The Stark words. Every noble house had its words. Family mottoes, touchstones, prayers of sorts, they boasted of honor and glory, promised loyalty and truth, swore faith and courage. All but the Starks. Winter is coming, said the Stark words.

"They hate me because I'm better than they are" "No. They hate you because you act like you're better than they are."

I'm terrified of my enemies, so I kill them all.

Wizards die the same as other men, once you cut their heads off.

Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward.

There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.