George R. R. Martin Quotes

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Her lord father had taught her never to steal, but it was growing harder to remember why.

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The Iron Throne is mine by rights. All those who deny that are my foes." "The whole of the realm denies it, brother," said Renley. "Old men deny it with their death rattle, and unborn children deny it in their mothers' wombs. They deny it in Dorne and they deny it on the Wall. No one wants you for their king. Sorry.

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The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real... for a moment at least... that long magic moment before we wake.

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Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you.

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Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them.

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I have a hole where my heart should be, she thought, and nowhere else to go.

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Why should death make a man truthful, or even clever? The dead are likely dull fellows, full of tedious complaints - the ground's too cold, my gravestone should be larger, why does he get more worms than I do...

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The singers make much of kings who die valiantly in battle, but your life is worth more than a song.

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The apples stewed with prunes are excellent, except for the prunes, I won't eat prunes myself. Well, there was one time when Hobb chopped them up with chesnuts and carrots and hid them in a hen. Never trust a cook, my lord. They'll prune you when you least expect it.

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I am doing the right thing, he told himself, so why do I feel so bad?

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Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile; he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to behold.

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So many vows … they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for his. But obey your father. Love your sister. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. Respect the gods. Obey the laws. It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another.

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Spend my time warring and whoring, that's what I was made for.

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I bet this is a brothel," she whispered to Gendry. "You don't even know what a brothel is." "I do so," she insisted. "It's like an inn, with girls.

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Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)

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Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends.

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They say night's beauties fade at dawn, and the children of wine are oft disowned in the morning light.

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Once, I cut off a man's head, but he did not know it until he tried to brush his hair. Then it fell off.

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Men will always underestimate you, he said, and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman tried them sorely. Let them spend their strength in furious attacks, whilst you conserve your own. Wait and watch, girl, wait and watch.

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She could not bear to look at him just now. If she did, she might well slap him again. Or cry. Or kiss him. And never know which was right and which was wrong and which was madness.

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She narrowed her eyes. What is our heart's desire? Vengeance. His voice was soft, as if he were afraid that someone might be listening. Justice. Prince Doran pressed the onyx dragon into her palm with his swollen, gouty fingers, and whispered, Fire and blood.

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That man said he'd take your head too. Well, as to that, Yoren said, if he can get it off my shoulders, he's welcome to it.

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When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. When they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet. Elsewise no man will ever bend the knee to you

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And when you have it, what then? Some secrets are safer kept hidden. Some secrets are too dangerous to share, even with those you love and trust.

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Speak the name, and death will come. On the morrow, at the turn of the moon, a year from this day, it will come. A man does not fly like a bird, but one foot moves and then another and one day a man is there.

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Those are brave men," he told Ser Balon in admiration. "Let's go kill them.

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He understood the way that you could sometimes fall right into them, as if each page was a hole into another world.

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The sun will soon be setting, and corpses make poor company by night. These were dark and dangerous men, alive. I doubt that death will have improved them.

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Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner.

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In a heartbeat, a thousand voices took up the chant. King Joffrey and King Robb and King Stannis were forgotten, and King Bread ruled alone. "Bread." they clamored. "Bread, Bread!

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