One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable.

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.

I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a greater knowledge of the love of Christ than I do, much like standing on one's shoulders in order to get a clearer view of the valley.

Don’t let any tragic event or any people pull you away from the path of peace. Be strong and attract others to your path toward peace.

.....he was gonna teach her to say a big old f*ck you.

Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.

In many cases, jobs that used to be done by people are going to be able to be done through automation. I don't have an answer to that. That's one of the more perplexing problems of society.

I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it... It is unrequited self-love.

What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest god damn thing that ever was in the whole universe

I have to shoot three cassettes of film a day, even when not 'photographing', in order to keep the eye in practice.

I enjoyed working at RKO more than at MGM. At RKO the parts were better!

for every marriage that is made in Heaven, there is a marriage made in Hell.