If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: 'What's great about that sixth book is that he met his deadline!' It will be about how the whole thing stands up.

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.

elliptical, adj.The kiss I like the most is one of the slow ones. It’s as much breath as touch, as much no as yes. You lean in from the side, and I have to turn a little to make it happen.

Courage is the ability to solve problems realistically in the presence of fear.

Lady Gaga has a very unjaded intelligence. It's brilliant, 'cause it's anti-snob.

What are all political and social institutions, but always a religion, which in realizing itself, becomes incarnate in the world?

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.

One of the things that fascinates me is the music of speech.

I've been a social gospel-er and a person who sees politics as a central dynamic to the encoding of religious rhetoric.

True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.

Free men do not ask permission to bear arms

History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead.