Mariam > Mariam's Quotes

“Madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“You were made to be kissed, often and well.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“But where do you live mostly now?"
With the lost boys."
Who are they?"
They are the children who fall out of their perambulators when the nurse is looking the other way. If they are not claimed in seven days they are sent far away to the Neverland to defray expanses. I'm captain."
What fun it must be!"
Yes," said cunning Peter, "but we are rather lonely. You see we have no female companionship."
Are none of the others girls?"
Oh no; girls, you know, are much too clever to fall out of their prams.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“It's a fool boy who mocks a giant, and a mad world when a cripple has to defend him.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“That man said he’d take your head too.”
“Well, as to that,” Yoren said, “if he can get it off my shoulders, he’s welcome to it.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“Foolish woman, will holding it secret in your heart make it any less true? If you never tell, never speak of it, will it become only a dream, less than a dream, a nightmare half-remembered? Oh, if only the gods would be so good.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“One could mention many lovable traits in Smee. For instance, after killing, it was his spectacles he wiped instead of his weapon.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“She had never loved him so much as she did in that instant.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“...the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."
"...a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“She 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, A Game of Thrones

“Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Only a man who's been burned knows what hell is truly like.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I miss you,' she said. 'Every day, I miss you. And I wonder what you would have made of all this. Made of me. I think - I think you would have been a wonderful king. I think they would have liked you more than me, actually.' Her throat tightened. 'I never told you - how I felt. But I loved you, and I think a part of me might always love you. Maybe you were my mate, and I never knew it. Maybe I'll spend the rest of my life wondering about that. Maybe I'll see you again in the Afterworld, and then I'll know for sure. But until then ... until then I'll miss you, and I'll wish you were here.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“Laughter is poison to fear.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
― William Wordsworth

“His feelings for Adam were an oil spill; he'd let them overflow and now there wasn't a damn place in the ocean that wouldn't catch fire if he dropped a match.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”
― Stephen King, Skeleton Crew

“Do not fall in love with people like me.
I will take you to museums, and parks, and monuments, and kiss you in every beautiful place, so that you can never go back to them without tasting me like blood in your mouth.
I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible. And when I leave you will finally understand, why storms are named after people.”
― Caitlyn Siehl, Literary Sexts: A Collection of Short & Sexy Love Poems

“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
― Bertrand Russell

“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.”
― Jane Smiley, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”
― Louis L'Amour