The gods don’t care about men, no more than kings care about peasants.

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.

Live. Love. Learn. Lead.

Every day, we ought to extend kindness to one other.

We are living in a new age of energy supply anxiety.

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.

The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else -- men, guns, ammunition.

A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.

A person who is tired of London is not necessarily tired of life; it might be that he just can’t find a parking place.

The world, after all, was still a place of bottomless horror. It was by no means a place of childlike simplicity where everything could be settled by a simple then-and-there decision.

I find the songs that have the most human components in production are the ones that will stand the test of time.

And what would our ideas of God, of religion, be like if they had come to us through the minds of women? Ever think of that?