George R. R. Martin Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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His dagger was out, poised at her throat. Sing, little bird. Sing for your little life.

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Something about the howling of a wolf took a man right out of his here and now and left him in a dark forest of the mind, running naked before the pack.

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