There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)

A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.

Was there ever a war where only one side bled?

Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)

He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.

If you need help bark like a dog." - Gendry. "That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout help." - Arya

There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk.

Children are a battle of a different sort. ... A battle without banners or warhorns but no less fierce.

Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him.

Without written goals, we fail to plan and to run with single-minded purpose.

Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more, believing in yourself.

Most new books drop immediately into the oblivion they so richly deserve.

In love, it is the weak who strike and the strong who caress.

Next to her, even the prettiest djamphir boys looked gawky.

It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first.

I don't know how to thank everyone for all their help.

If you love someone and you choose to spend the rest of your life with that person, that's your partner in every way.

I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.