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“The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Kind? How boring that would be. I aspire to be wicked.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

“Life is not a song, sweetling.
Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I am Cersei of House Lannister, a lion of the Rock, the rightful queen of these Seven Kingdoms, trueborn daughter of Tywin Lannister. And hair grows back.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.”
― George R.R. Martin, Dreamsongs Section 5: Hybrids and Horrors

“Words are wind.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

“I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I stayed sober for this?”
― George R.R. Martin

“We all dream of things we cannot have.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

“Keep walking. If I look back I am lost.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“May I leave you with a bit of a riddle, Lord Tyrion?” He did not wait for an answer. “In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a sellsword, a little man of common birth and no great mind. Each of the great ones bids him slay the other two. ‘Do it,’ says the king, ‘for I am your lawful ruler.’ ‘Do it,’ says the priest, ‘for I command you in the names of the gods.’ ‘Do it,’ says the rich man, ‘and all this gold shall be yours.’ So tell me—who lives and who dies?”
― George R.R. Martin

“Men have scars, women mysteries.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

“Syrio says that every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better”
― George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire: Four Books in One

“A man who won't listen can't hear.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“In the end words are just wind.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Still ... in this world only winter is certain.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Allow me to give my lord one last piece of counsel," the old man had said, "the same counsel I once gave my brother when we parted for the last time. He was three-and-thirty when the Great Council chose him to mount the Iron Throne. A man grown with sons of his own, yet in some ways still a boy. Egg had an innocence to him, a sweetness we all loved. Kill the boy within you, I told him the day I took ship for the Wall. It takes a man to rule. An Aegon, not an Egg. Kill the boy and let the man be born." The old man felt Jon's face. "You are half the age that Egg was, and your own burden is crueler one, I fear. You will have little joy of your command, but I think you have the strength in you to do the things that must be done. Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Are you a maid, Penny?" She blushed. "Yes. Of course. Who would have –"
"Stay that way. Love is madness, and lust is poison.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Men are men, vows are words, and words are wind.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“Whore!" someone cried out. A woman's voice. Women were always the cruelest where other women were concerned.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“The ruby at Melisandre's throat gleamed red. "It is not those foes who curse you to your face that you must fear, but those who smile when you are looking and sharpen their knives when you turn your back. You would do well to keep your wolf close beside you. Ice, I see, and daggers in the dark. Blood frozen red and hard, and naked steel. It was very cold."
"It is always cold on the Wall."
"You think so?"
"I know so, my lady."
"Then you know nothing, Jon Snow," she whispered.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“A crown should not sit easy on the head.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“She 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, A Dance with Dragons

“She narrowed her eyes. “What is our heart’s desire?”

“Vengeance.” His voice was soft, as if he were afraid that someone might be listening. “Justice.” Prince Doran pressed the onyx dragon into her palm with his swollen, gouty fingers, and whispered, “Fire and blood.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

“Innocent or guilty, a Lannister pays his debts.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows