George R.R. Martin Quotes

Madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.

I don't want to be a queen. I want to be the queen.

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

I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.

What's dead may never die.

My skin has turned to porcelain, to ivory, to steel.

His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin.

You were made to be kissed, often and well.

For herself, she wanted sleet and ice, howling winds, thunder to shake the very stones of the Red Keep. She wanted a storm to match her rage.

Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.

Love is madness, and lust is poison.

Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli.

She was Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, Khaleesi and queen, Mother of Dragons, slayer of warlocks, breaker of chains, and there was no one in the world that she could trust.

My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls... And I really think that worked out pretty well for me.

The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.

There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.

When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.

That was the way of this cold world, where men fished the sea and dug in the ground and died, whilst women brought forth short-lived children from beds of blood and pain.

Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion

If half an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion. A man is good or he is evil. (Melisandre of Asshai)

There is only one god and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: “Not today.

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.

The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.

Faith is like porridge. Better with milk and honey.

I will take what is mine with fire and blood.

It's different for every writer. It's not a career for anyone who needs security. It's a career for gamblers. It's a career of ups and downs.

Jay wondered how they'd feel the morning they all woke up and realized that somehow Camelot had turned into Mordor.

A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.

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.

Has my tale turned you speechless? Come, curse me or kiss me or call me a liar. Something.

Laughter is poison to fear.

Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?

And for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.

The wildlings seemed to think Ygritte a great beauty because of her hair; red hair was rare among the free folk, and those who had it were said to be kissed by fire, which was supposed to be lucky.

Sorcery is the sauce fools spoon over failure to hide the flavor of their own incompetence.

You should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care.

Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.

Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

The years leech at a man's memories, even those he has vowed never to forget.

Even in dreams, you could not fall forever.

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

They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it.

When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone.

The real issue lies in the North beyond the Wall. Stannis becomes one of the few characters fully to understand that, which is why in spite of everything he is a righteous man.

We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang.

Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used against you

Nothing burns like the cold.

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

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

Every flight begins with a fall.