Quotes by George R.R. Martin

A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor.

Why has no one come to pry me out of here?- Cersei

“Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come.”

“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”

“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when its served up.”

“It was queer how sometimes a childs innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to.”

“Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.”

“He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wrong, between true and false, between life and death.”

“Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.”

“Fat men take a cushion with them wherever they go.”

“The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.”

“She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream. Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night.”

“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”

“An honorable death is well and good, but if the life at stake is not your own, what then?”

“The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.”

“Mens lives have meaning, not their deaths.”

“Why wont they let me be? I just need to rest, thats all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a little.”

“There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk.”

“I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once.”

“What are you doing to me?” he asked the crow, tearful. Teaching you how to fly. “I can’t fly!” You’re flying right now. “I’m falling!” Every flight begins with a fall, the crow said.”