The only game. The game of thrones.

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.

Life’s biggest enemy is time. It kills us slowly as the illusion changes.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

Laughter and love are their own forms of exercise meant to keep a body healthy.

Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always.

But a wild democracy . . . too often disdains the essential principles of justice.

One more thing: don't spend too much time merely reading. The best part of this work is the play, so play and enjoy!

There's a guy out there who's going to be really happy that you didn't get back together with your crappy ex-boyfriend.

As I review my life, I feel I must have missed the point, either then or now.

Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust.

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I have a right not to read them.