George R. R. Martin - Jon Quotes

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Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward.

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She yearned to see her mother again, and Robb and Bran and Rickon… but it was Jon Snow she thought of most. She wished somehow they could come to the Wall before Winterfell, so Jon might muss up her hair and call her little sister. She'd tell him, I missed you, and he'd say it too at the very same moment, the way they always used to say things together. She would have liked that. She would have liked that better than anything.

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Tell Robb that I'm going to command the Night's Watch and keep him safe, so he might as well take up needlework with the girls and have Mikken melt down his sword for horseshoes. - Jon Snow

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I don't know what message to send to Bran. Help him Tyrion. What help could I give him? I am no maester, to ease his pain. I have no spell to give him back his legs. You gave me help when I needed it Jon Snow said. I gave you nothing, Tyrion said. Words. Then give your words to Bran too.

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This is not Winterfell', he told him as he cut his meat with fork and dagger. 'On the Wall, a man gets only what he earns. You're no ranger, Jon, only a green boy with the smell of summer still on you.

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My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer and I have my mind...and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge. That's why I read so much Jon Snow.

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

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You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow. But first, we'll live.

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Jon shrugged. 'Girls get the arms but not the swords. Bastards get the swords but not the arms. I did not make the rules, little sister.

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Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born.

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We look up at the same stars and see such different things." - Jon Snow

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

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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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