Sleep is good, he said, And books are better.

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.

Nothing is made, nothing disappears. The same changes, at the same places, never stopping.

I'm a bad man. I need to understand the past. It illuminates the present.

I made up my mind that not only would I become a millionaire, but that I would also raise up millionaires from members of my church

Unlike the bough that shook off her dead leaves violentlylike a wet terrier, unlike the beating of the butterfly, her wings, against the cocoon, some dreams never made a move.

She began to realize some decisions cannot be undone no matter how hard you try.

I want to deal with what's in front of me now to the best of my abilities, and sometimes that's not very good. But a lot of the days it is really great.

Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.

Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.

The pitcher goes so often to the fountain that if gets broken.

Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.