Quotes by George R.R. Martin

The lord of light made the sun and moon and stars to light our day, and gave us fire to keep the night at bay.

The light that brings the dawn.

Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the queen. They had repaid that love and trust with her fathers head. Sansa would never make that mistake again.

The only wolves we got to fear are the ones wear manskin,

Sometimes, Catelyn said slowly, the best thing you can do is nothing. When I first came to Winterfell, I was hurt whenever Ned went to the godwood to sit beneath his heart tree. Part of his soul was in that tree, I know, a part I would never share. Yet, without that part, I soon realized, he would not have been Ned. Jeyne, child, you have wed the north, as I did ... and in the north, the winters will come. She tried to smile.Be patient. Be understanding. He loves you and he needs you, and he will come back to you soon enough. This very night, perhaps. Be there when he does. That is all I can tell you.

I have become a sour woman. I take no joy in meat nor mead, 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.

Some woman, no doubt. Most of them are. He favored Jon with a rueful grin. Remember this, boy. All dwarfs are bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs. And with that he turned and sauntered back into the feast, whistling a tune. When he opened the door, the light from within threw his shadow clear across the yard, and for just a moment Tyrion Lannister stood tall as a king.

Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them and they go to rust.

old stories are like old friends (...) you have to visit them from time to time.

Our enemies leave our bodies for the crows and the wolves. Our friends bury us in secret graves.

All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns.

Men come and go. They lie, or die, or leave you. A mountain is not a man, though, and a stone is a mountains daughter. I trust myself, and I trust my mules. I wont fall.

The gods are blind and men see only wha they wish.

The gods are blind and men see only what they wish.

Beware men with cold hearts and blue lips.

Men come and go. They lie, or die, or leave you.

Your brother was a terrible traitor, I know, but if we start killing men at weddings they’ll be even more frightened of marriage than they are presently.

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

Misery loves company, as someone unbearably trite said once.

Most have been forgotten. Most deserve to be forgotten. The heroes will always be remembered. The best. The best and the worst. And a few who were a bit of both.