In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining.

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.

Sometimes I scare myself at how easily I slip inside my mind and live vicariously through these characters.

Threatening a current or former partner isn't passion, or love, or heartache. It's violence, it's abuse and it's a crime.

What we pass on moves forward to future generations. Never let anything important slip through the cracks.

All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl.

I think the most important thing is to have fun, and not to take things too seriously. Once you start doing that, then you'll start to crumble.

Tantric Zen is the exploration of everything, since everything is a part of enlightenment.

Stand up for what you believe in even if it causes waves.

If not the best, than at least one of the best.

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing.

This is what noir is, what it can be when it stops playing nice--blunt force drama stripped down to the bone, then made to dance across the page.