George R. R. Martin Quotes

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When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

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My brother is undoubtedly arrogant," Tyrion Lannister replied. "My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you?

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The snow drifted down and down, all in ghostly silence, and lay thick and unbroken on the ground. It was a place of whites and blacks and greys. White towers and white snow and white statues, black shadows and black trees, the dark grey sky above. A pure world, Sansa thought. I do not belong here. Yet she stepped out all the same.

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I wonder what the High Septon would have to say about the sanctity of oaths sworn while dead drunk, chained to a wall, with a sword pressed to your chest?

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He is a man of the Night's Watch, She thought, as he sang about some stupid lady throwing herself off some stupid tower because her stupid prince was dead. The lady should go kill the ones who killed her prince.
Arya Stark speaking

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Does he think to scare me? Arya kissed him where his nose should be and plucked the grave worm from his eye to eat it, but it melted like a shadow in her hand. The yellow skull was melting too, and the kindliest old man that she had ever seen was smiling down on her. "No one has ever tried to eat my worm before," he said. "Are you hungry, child?" Yes, she thought, but not for food.

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You make us look bad', complained Toad. 'You looked bad before I ever met you', Jon told him.

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An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child's riddle?

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You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you...

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I did not do it. Yet now I wish I had.' He turned to face the hall, that sea of pale faces. 'I wish I had enough poison for you all. You make me sorry that I am not the monster you would have me be, yet there it is. I am innocent, but I will get no justice here.

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Irri and Jhiqui argued about Rakharo. You are too skinny for him, Jhiqui was saying. You are almost a boy. Rakharo does not bed with boys. This is known. Irri bristled back. It is known that you are almost a cow. Rakharo does not bed with cows.

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Catelyn had never liked this godswood. She had been born a Tully, at Riverrun far to the south, on the Red Fork of the Trident. The godswood there was a garden, bright and airy, where tall redwoods spread dappled shadows across tinkling streams, birds sang from hidden nests, and the air was spicy with the scent of flowers.

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I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

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When Maester Aemon heard him sing, he said his voice was honey poured over thunder.

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Perhaps that is the secret. It is not what we do, so much as why we do it.

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Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading.

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

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Sometimes there is no happy choice, Sam, only one less grievous than the others. - Jon Snow

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In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.

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Lord Snow wants to take my place now.' He sneered. 'I'd have an easier time teaching a wolf to juggle than you will training this aurochs.' 'I'll take that wager, Ser Alliser', Jon said. 'I'd love to see Ghost juggle.

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Another name? Oh, certainly. And when the Faceless Men come to kill me, I'll say, 'No, you have the wrong man, I'm a different dwarf with a hideous facial scar.'" Both Lannisters laughed at the absurdity of it all. (Tyrion Lannister)

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He did not know which was more painful, the waking or the sleeping. When he slept, he dreamed: dark disturbing dreams of blood and broken promises. When he woke, there was nothing to do but think, and his waking thoughts were worse than nightmares.

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The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish" - Tyrion Lannister

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Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a little less bad.

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He never wanted love, though. You cannot eat love, nor buy a horse with it, nor warm your halls on a cold night.

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The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont

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Woman? She chuckled. Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man. Dany met his stare. I am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, khaleesi to Drogo's riders, and queen of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

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Not everyone who spoke you friendly was really your friend." - Arya

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The old man laid a withered, spotted hand on his shoulder. "It hurts, boy," he said softly. "Oh, yes. Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know.

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The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.

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