Quotes by George R.R. Martin

Strike hard and true, crow, or Ill come back and haunt you.

Even brave men blind themselves sometimes, when they are afraid to see.

It is said with truth that every building is constructed stone by stone, and the same may be said of knowledge, extracted and compiled by many learned men, each of whom builds upon the works of those who proceeded him.

She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her.

His mouth would have given despair to even the drollest of fools; it was a mouth made for frowns and scowls and sharply worded commands, all thin pale lips and clenched muscles, a mouth that had forgotten how to smile and had never known how to laugh

Every child knows its mother, Dany thought. When the seas go dry and the mountains blow in the wind like leaves.

My mother said my father had a drop of dragon blood.”“Two drops. That, or a cock six feet long.

Catelyn wanted to run to him, to kiss his sweet brow, to wrap him in her arms so tightly that he would never come to harm....

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

Thats one way we differ, Jaime and I. Hes taller as well, you may have noticed.

worms have crawled up your nose and eaten your wits.

His long wait is almost done. I am sending Balon Swann to Sunspear, to deliver him the head of Gregor Clegane.” Ser Balon would have another task as well, but that part was best left unsaid.“Ah.” Ser Harys Swyft fumbled at his funny little beard with thumb and forefinger. “He is dead then? Ser Gregor?”“I would think so, my lord,” Aurane Waters said dryly. “I am told that removing the head from the body is often mortal.

Secrets are worth more than silver and sapphires.

The grave casts long shadows, Iron Lord, Mirri said. Long and dark, and in the end no light can hold them back.

Terrible times breed terrible things, my lord.

Sometimes, the best thing you can do is nothing. Catelyn

In the closeness of the passage, the queen could smell the other womans perfume, a musky scent that spoke of moss and earth and wildflowers. Under it, she smelled ambition.

The things I do for love.

Perhaps you should speak more softly to me, then. Monsters are dangerous beasts, and just now kings seem to be dying like flies.

I was very sorry to hear about your losses. Your brother was a terrible traitor, I know, but if we start killing men at weddings theyll be more frightened of marriage than they are presently. (Olenna Tyrell to Sansa Stark