George R. R. Martin Quotes

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And all was black and still, and black and cold, and black and dead, and black.

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They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it.

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In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness.

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Gods be good, why would any man ever want to be king? When everyone was shouting King in the North, King in the North, I told myself... swore to myself... that I would be a good king, as honorable as Father, strong, just, loyal to my friends and brave when I faced my enemies... now I can't even tell one from the other.

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Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?

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Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen. (Daenerys)

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Little redcape," he snarled, "when next you bare steel on Shagga son of Dolf, I will chop off your manhood and roast it in the fire." "What, no goats?" Tyrion said, taking a bite of his cheese.

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All men carry murder in their hearts, yet even so, the poisoner is beneath contempt.

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They hate you because you act like you're better than they are

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I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.

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A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.

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Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.

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Great wrongs have been done you, but the past is dust. The future may yet be won..

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Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK.

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Anger was better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt.

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- Some men think because they are afraid to do. - There is a difference between fear and caution.

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The eunuch had looked death in the face, so near he might have kissed her on the lips.

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I am Cersei of House Lannister, a lion of the Rock, the rightful queen of these Seven Kingdoms, trueborn daughter of Tywin Lannister. And hair grows back.

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We know truth for the cruel instrument it is. Beauty is infinitely preferable to truth.

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Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?

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I thank you for calling them off, young ser. I promise you, they would have found me indigestible.

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There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one day he would hunt the forests of the night, and feast beneath the hollow hills, and find a love to last forever somewhere south of Oz and north of Shangri-La.

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Jon Snow had dreamed of leading men to glory just as King Daeron had, of growing up to be a conqueror. Now he was a man grown and the Wall was his, yet all he had were doubts. He could not even seem to conquer those.

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It had been more of a wish, actually, but it sounded better to call it a dream.

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What are gods for if not to sit in judgment over men? The Many-Faced God does not weigh men's souls, however. He gives his gift to the best of men as he gives it to the worst. Elsewise the good would live forever.

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We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang.

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The intelligent and efficient politician is a species virtually unknown in the galaxy. Perhaps I might secure a scraping [for my] cell library.

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Time is different for a tree than for a man. Sun and soil and water, these are the things a weirwood understands, not days and years and centuries. For men, time is a river. We are trapped in its flow, hurtling from past to present, always in the same direction. The lives of trees are different. They root and grow and die in one place, and that river does not move them. The oak is the acorn, the acorn is the oak.

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I like dogs better than knights. A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face. He cupped her under the jaw, raising her chin, his fingers pinchingher painfully. And that's more than little birds can do, isn't it? I never got my song.

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Ned always said that the man who passes the sentence should swing the blade, though he never took any joy in the duty. But I would, oh, yes.

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