Men come and go. They lie, or die, or leave you.

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.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops an does naught. 31. If power asks why, then power is weakness.

He (Marilyn Manson) has a woman's name and wears makeup. How original.

I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.

Retirement is the last opportunity for individuals to reinvent themselves, let go of the past, and find peace and happiness within.

And okay, fair enough, but there is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind of violates that contract.

Take the shortest route. The one that nature planned - to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be free of pain and stress, free of all calculations and pretension.

You hear people saying, 'Oh I'm so tired, I've had enough of Cannes.' How can you have enough of Cannes? It's just the best place to be, like a fairytale.

Twitter is my bar. I sit at the counter and listen to the conversations, starting others, feeling the atmosphere.

My capacity for invention is flash hot stark, I thought. Sucker sunshade. Disembodied radar-reconnaissance. Not to mention Bitter Chocolate Death and Killer Zebras. Pity about the rest of me.