I'm fond of all my characters so every time one doesn't make the cut I'm a little disappointed although I understand it.

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.

When a complex is acquired, personal development is stopped and the person even being an adult, sometimes behaves in a childish and immature way

A man has the strength to face what he is thrown in life. If he falls or is beaten, he does not complain but gets up and rides in to face the challenge once more.

Being efficient is the easy part. Suppressing one's ego completely for hours at a time is really hard.

As long as you are waiting for something to make you happy — happiness will never come.

Actions speak louder than meetings.

When you focus on the third chakra it has to pull the kundalini from the root center, through the second, up to the third chakra.

They'll have to bring in Mulder an' Scully, because there ain't no CSI on the planet that'll ever be able to explain this.

It's a long climb up Fools' Hill.

People don't want information; they want epiphanies.

Now, practically all reviewers have academic aspirations. The people from the universities are used to a captive audience, but the literary journalist has to please his audience.