Anger was better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt.

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.

Life is just a slide. Back and forth between loving and leaving, remembering and forgetting, holding on and letting go.

We'll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth.

As long as you call on God, He will answer you.

College = A place where you spend a ton of money for a piece of paper that says you're qualified.

The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.

Christ did not die to make his Father loving, but because his Father is loving: the atoning blood is the outflow of the very heart of God toward us.

I want to see an honest press.

We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.

I agree with Thomas Jefferson, who once wrote that he would support the death penalty only when the infallibility of human judgment had been demonstrated.

I used to think I was a singer; I had my own delusions about it.