Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.

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 much more entertaining to live books than to write them.

Can you imagine a waveless ocean while there is a big storm outside? And that calm ocean is the ocean of wisdom!

You regard it as impossible that a sinner should be struck down by the wrath of God! I do not!

Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.

Prayer is especially crucial when you come to a place in your study where you are stuck and confused.

Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!

I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.

I'm not a doom-and-gloom person. But I think there is a difference between transcendence and denial, and much of the Western world is in major denial today.

If I wasn't a singer, I'd be a bloodclaat revolutionary.

People want to typecast you; it's human nature.