It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.

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.

It's time to leave. There is so much out there to do and say and listen to. I can go on the road, because I can come home. I come home, because I am free to leave.

Here in this place all souls resonate within a holy vibration.

Writing a main character is very important to me. Because each time I create one, it feels like another piece of me in a different world.

Perfection’s unattainable but it isn’t unapproachable.

Schoolhouses are the republican line of fortifications.

Find out who you really are, then accept who you are. Fight for your life every day to be who you are.

It's the ratings, stupid, don't you know? They've got us putting more fuzz and wuzz on the air, cop-show stuff.

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

You know, when you've been dumped, the one thing you love to do is just forget about this human being, and then go on with your life - but no, you just love them harder.

Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.