Quotes by George R.R. Martin

Torches just blind you. On a clear night like this, the moon and the stars are enough.

One King means peace.

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

Hard hands and no sense of humor makes for a bad marriage.

Innocence and experience make for a perfect marriage.

A man who hates music cant be trusted.

They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle Earth.

It all goes back and back, Tyrion thought, to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads.

Up and down, Meera would sigh sometimes as they walked, then down and up. Then up and down again. I hate these stupid mountains of yours, Prince Bran.Yesterday you said you loved them.Oh, I do. My lord father told me about mountains, but I never saw one till now. I love them more than I can say.Bran made a face at her. But you just said you hated them.Why cant it be both? Meera reached up to pinch his nose.Because theyre different, he insisted. Like night and day, or ice and fire.If ice can burn, said Jojen in his solemn voice, then love and hate can mate. Mountain or marsh, it makes no matter. The land is one.One, his sister agreed, but over wrinkled.

For men, the answer was always the same and never farther away than the nearest sword. For a woman, a mother, the way was stonier and harder to know.

Most of my kin are bastards, [Tyrion] said with a wry smile, but youre the first Ive had to friend.

A book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right hands

Every blade of grass was carved from emerald, every drip of water turned to diamond.

The day will come when you need them to respect you, even fear you a little. Laughter is poison to fear.

Shall I prick my prick as well?

Look at me! he would shout as he ran laughing through the halls of Storms End. Look at me, Im a dragon, or Look at me, Im a wizard, or Look at me, look at me, Im the rain

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...

... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

...grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.

We Lannisters do have a certain pride, said Tyrion Lannister.“Pride?” Catelyn snapped. His mocking tone and easy manner made her angry. “Arrogance, some might call it. Arrogance and avarice and lust for power.”“My brother is undoubtedly arrogant,” Tyrion Lannister replied. “My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you?” He grinned.