George R. R. Martin Quotes

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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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Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.

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Let me tell you something about wolves, child. When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths. So if you must hate, Arya, hate those who would truly do us harm.

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We were king's men, knights, and heroes... but some knights are dark and full of terror, my lady. War makes monsters of us all. Are you saying you are monsters? I am saying we are human. You are not the only one with wounds, Lady Brienne

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

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

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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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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.

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Free folk don't follow names, or little cloth animals sewn on a tunic," the King-Beyond-the-Wall had told him. "They won't dance for coins, they don't care how your style yourself or what that chain of office means or who your grandsire was. They follow strength. They follow the man.

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When I was a boy, I dreamt that I could fly, he announces. When I woke, I couldn't... or so the maester said. But what if he lied? What do you mean? Perhaps we can fly. All of us. How will we ever know unless we leap from some tall tower? No man ever truly knows what he can do unless he dares to leap. There is the window. Leap. What do you want? The world.

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Littlefinger looked like a boy who had just taken a furtive bite from a honeycomb. He was TRYING to watch for bees, but the honey was so sweet.

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Show me the path I must walk and do not let me stumble in the dark places that lie ahead.

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Don't call me Lord Snow. The dwarf lifted an eyebrow. Would you rather be called the Imp? Let them see that their words can cut you and you'll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name take it make it your own. Then they can't hurt you with it anymore.

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