There has never been a slave who did not choose to be a slave. Their choice may be between bondage and death, but the choice is always there.

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.

Stand up and let the world hear your roar, now spread your wings and begin to soar.

It is incorrect to assume that you cannot find any good in the point of view directly opposite yours.

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.

Nothing so dates an era as its conception of the future.

What remarkable strength is shown by the person who can lay aside personal prejudices and work without friction with a group of individuals with whom he or she is not in accord on many subjects.

Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.

When I go out and I'm presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a costume.

The connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes its secrets

The world needs ditch diggers, too.