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.

Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him.

I want to be alone... with someone else who wants to be alone.

Divorce shreds the muscles of our hearts so that they will hardly beat without a struggle.

A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.

L'homme est une passion inutile. Man is a useless passion.

The life you had is nothing. It is the life you have that is important.

King is not a happy man, but a happy man is a king!

I like very little to talk. There are many things I cannot say, I can only feel them and dance them.

Focus your mind on what your Highest Self chooses to be.

You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England.