01UndatedDo you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
02UndatedHistory is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
03UndatedShe should be on a hill somewhere, under a fruit tree, with the sun and clouds above her and the rain to wash her clean.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
04UndatedTorches just blind you. On a clear night like this, the moon and the stars are enough.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
06UndatedSome old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
10UndatedThey can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle Earth.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
11UndatedIt all goes back and back," Tyrion thought, "to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
12UndatedUp and down," Meera would sigh sometimes as they walked, "then down and up. Then up and down again. I hate these stupid mountains of yours, Prince Bran.""Yesterday you said you loved them.""Oh, I do. My lord father told me about mountains, but I never saw one till now. I love them more than I can say."Bran made a face at her. "But you just said you hated them.""Why can't it be both?" Meera reached up to pinch his nose."Because they're different," he insisted. "Like night and day, or ice and fire.""If ice can burn," said Jojen in his solemn voice, "then love and hate can mate. Mountain or marsh, it makes no matter. The land is one.""One," his sister agreed, "but over wrinkled.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
13UndatedFor men, the answer was always the same and never farther away than the nearest sword. For a woman, a mother, the way was stonier and harder to know.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
14UndatedMost of my kin are bastards," [Tyrion] said with a wry smile, "but you're the first I've had to friend.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
16UndatedEvery blade of grass was carved from emerald, every drip of water turned to diamond.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
17UndatedThe day will come when you need them to respect you, even fear you a little. Laughter is poison to fear.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
19UndatedLook at me!" he would shout as he ran laughing through the halls of Storm's End. "Look at me, I'm a dragon," or "Look at me, I'm a wizard," or "Look at me, look at me, I'm the rainGeorge R.R. Martin / quote ↗
20UndatedYou may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you...George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
21Undated... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
22Undated...grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
23UndatedWe Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister.“Pride?” Catelyn snapped. His mocking tone and easy manner made her angry. “Arrogance, some might call it. Arrogance and avarice and lust for power.”“My brother is undoubtedly arrogant,” Tyrion Lannister replied. “My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you?” He grinned.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
24UndatedShe never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honour, for love.George R.R. Martin / quote ↗
