George R. R. Martin Quotes

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And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.

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Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back. - Areo Hotah

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For men, the answer was always the same and never farther away than the nearest sword. For a woman, a mother, the way was stonier and harder to know.

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The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)

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When a man was hurt you took him to the maester, but what could you do when your maester was hurt?

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Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

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Ten years from now, no one is going to care how quickly the books came out. The only thing that will matter, the only thing anyone will remember, is how good they were. That's my main concern, and always will be.

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I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.

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I do so hope he plays us 'The Rains of Castamere.' It has been an hour. I've forgotten how it goes — Olenna Tyrell, the HBIC

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She should be on a hill somewhere, under a fruit tree, with the sun and clouds above her and the rain to wash her clean.

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Now you know " the crow whispered as it sat on his shoulder. "Now you know why you must live." "Why " Bran said not understanding falling falling. "Because winter is coming.

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Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

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Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him.

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One night, in his cups, he drank a jar of wildfire, after telling his friends it would transform him into a dragon, but the gods were kind and it transformed him into a corpse.

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Is it treason to say the truth? A bitter truth, but no less true for that.

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I was always intensely Romantic, even when I was too young to understand what that meant.

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Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night.

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Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.

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Knowledge is a Weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to Battle.

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One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.

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These old knights are more cunning than you think, or they would never have lived to see their first grey hair.

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An honest kiss, a little kindness, everyone deserves that much, however big or small.

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There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we know better. Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at all the beauty in the world? Only a monster god, a demon of the darkness.

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If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells." —Prince Oberyn of Dorne.

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I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,... Half of them don't dare tell me the truth, and the other half can't find it.

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All that Syrio Forel had taught her went racing through her head. Swift as a deer. Quiet as shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Then man who fears losing has already lost. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords.

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The pale pink light of dawn sparkled on branch and leaf and stone. Every blade of grass was carved from emerald, every drip of water turned to diamond. Flowers and mushrooms alike wore coats of glass. Even the mud puddles had a bright brown sheen. Through the shimmering greenery, the black tents of his brothers were encased in a fine glaze of ice. So there is magic beyond the Wall after all.

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I've been killing characters my entire career, maybe I'm just a bloody minded bastard, I don't know, [but] when my characters are in danger, I want you to be afraid to turn the page (and to do that) you need to show right from the beginning that you're playing for keeps.

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If there are gods, why is the world so full of pain and injustice?' 'Because of men like you.

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I love you too, sweet sister. But you're a fool. A beautiful golden fool.

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