George R.R. Martin Quotes
She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye.
Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him.
It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe... and mine again as she was meant to be. I ask you, Ned, what good is it to wear a crown?
Children are a battle of a different sort. ... A battle without banners or warhorns but no less fierce.
All the world knew that a maester forged his silver link when he learned the art of healing—but the world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill.
He wished he could relieve himself of his doubts and guilts half as easily.
Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading.
I thank you for calling them off, young ser. I promise you, they would have found me indigestible.
Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as you do that, part of her will always be alive in you.
She should be on a hill somewhere, under a fruit tree, with the sun and clouds above her and the rain to wash her clean.
A hedge knight must hold tight to his pride. Without it, he was no more than a sellsword
She could not bear to look at him just now. If she did, she might well slap him again. Or cry. Or kiss him. And never know which was right and which was wrong and which was madness.
She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her.
all men carry murder in their hearts, yet even so, the poisoner is beneath contempt.
All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.
Ser Cleos looked like a weasel, fought like a goose, and had the courage of an especially brave ewe.
His eyes were open wounds beneath his heavy brows, a blue as dark as the sea by night.
No mortal man could frighten him, no more than the darkness could, nor the bones of his soul, the grey and grisly bones of his soul.
If you need help bark like a dog." - Gendry. "That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout help." - Arya
I had this desire to see the world. I couldn't see any of it, but I saw it in my imagination, and that's why I always read books, and I could go to Mars or Middle Earth or the Hyborian age.
Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.
Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne, N.J.
...grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.
If we leave our smells behind us when we leave a room, surely something of our souls must remain when we leave this life?" - Qyburn
The eunuch had looked death in the face, so near he might have kissed her on the lips.
I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next one coming out?
The sun will soon be setting, and corpses make poor company by night. These were dark and dangerous men, alive. I doubt that death will have improved them.
I have the virtue of being still amongst the living. Some would say that is my only virtue.
Names are hard. I have a library of What to Name Your Baby books, and I’m always picking up new books, and books of baby names from other countries. I like cool-sounding names.
