George R. R. Martin Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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