she would die as she had lived, with an axe in her hand and a laugh upon her lips.

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.

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is let someone love you.

Being young, and having your mom come to school with the laced-up hats and the crazy outfits are definitely moments to remember.

I think they are looking for publicity and they are looking for a name for themselves.

I have a nice bookshelf in my office, but not my house. I'm crass, but not that crass.

To show a well-founded fear of persecution, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country.

I read an awful lot in college - a lot of Dickens, a lot of 19th century American stuff, a lot of old mysteries. Maybe it's helped me attain a certain fluidity with my style.

I'm like a shark. I've got to be constantly moving.

A man should ever, as much as in him lieth, be ready booted to take his journey, and above all things look he have then nothing to do but with himself.

A new world order is taking shape so fast that governments as well as private citizens find it difficult just to absorb the gallop of events.

I saw brilliant ideas coming out of the [Chipko] movement that needed better articulation, that needed elaboration and systematic analysis. I just followed that and it's been very exciting.