My first rule of war, Cat-never give the enemy his wish

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)

There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.

A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.

Was there ever a war where only one side bled?

Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)

He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.

If you need help bark like a dog." - Gendry. "That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout help." - Arya

There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk.

Children are a battle of a different sort. ... A battle without banners or warhorns but no less fierce.

Whatever may happen, the memories of then will always remain, ever so sweetly with me, nothing to tarnish it. Not even the ugliness of reality.

Be careful walking down the primrose path. You may find hell instead of happily ever after.

It's is always nice to be respected as a footballer. I am going to go out and enjoy the game and if I can set one or two goals up then so be it - I would love to.

It’s the downside of a family business: anything good is because I’m somebody’s son; otherwise, I’m a schmuck.

memories are like corks left out of bottles. They swell. They no longer fit.

I swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.

How easy it is to wax lyrical over despair, to wallow in it, to enjoy it. This too is kitsch

Political stuff is all about his [Hunter S. Thompson] reaction to a situation. And my stuff is much more externally driven.

Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty. [Lat., Nimis in veritate, et similitudinis quam pulchritudinis amantior.]

What is seen now so much more clearly is that although the names keep changing and the bodies keep changing, the larger pattern that holds us all together goes on and on.