An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child's riddle?

When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.

The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.

When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

A Lannister always pays his debts.

There are no men like me. There's only me

For the night is dark and full of terrors.

A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.

The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.

The Lord of Winterfell would always be a Stark

The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.

And once you've been to this Center, this Truth, you'll know your way everywhere. You are never lost again.

I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.

Peace can't be forced, only discovered from within

I look at Jessica Alba and think she's got a great body. I think that's what women are supposed to look like.

Meditation is like the cloak of the good thief. You find a corner or somewhere where you can actually entertain your own self and your own soul, and understand what your work [is] here.

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.

Custom, though never so ancient, without truth, is but an old error.

Anxiety is part of creativity, the need to get something out, the need to be rid of something or to get in touch with something within.

That's what courage is you know: being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway.

I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity.