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“Sleep is good,” he said. “And books are better.”

“He’ll want what kings always want,” she said. “Homage.”

The smallfolk are always eager to believe the worst of their lords.

Why would the gods send a warning if we can't heed it and change what's to come?

I was a boy, and what boy does not wish to find secret powers hidden in himself?

"You'd best get a bird ready. Mormont will want to send back word."

"I wish I could send them all. They hate being caged."

"You would too, if you could fly."

One day she would allow herself to be less than strong. But it could not be today.

A frightened man is a beaten man

"My first rule of war, Cat—never give the enemy his wish."

It is real, all of it, he thought, the wars, the intrigues, the great bloody game, and me in the center of it ... me, the dwarf, the monster, the one they scorned and laughed at, but now I hold it all, the city, the girl. This was what I was made for, and gods forgive me, but I love it.

If you step in a nest of snakes, does it matter which one bites you first?

Arya watched them die and said nothing. What good did it do you to be brave? ... There were no brave people on that march, only scared and hungry ones.