“A man does not need to be a wizard to know truth from falsehood, not if he has eyes. You need only learn to read a face. Look at the eyes. The mouth. The muscles here, at the corners of the jaw, and here, where the neck joins the shoulders." He touched her lightly with two fingers. "Some liars blink. Some stare. Some look away. Some lick their lips. Many coer their mouths just before they tell a lie, as if to hide their deceit. Other signs may be more subtle, but they are always there. A false smile and a true one may look alike, but they are as different as dusk from dawn.”
― A Feast for Crows
― A Feast for Crows
“Are you a maid, Penny?" She blushed. "Yes. Of course. Who would have –"
"Stay that way. Love is madness, and lust is poison.”
― A Dance with Dragons
"Stay that way. Love is madness, and lust is poison.”
― A Dance with Dragons
“I will teach them what it means to put a lion in a cage, Cersei thought.”
― A Feast for Crows
― A Feast for Crows
“A crown should not sit easy on the head.”
― A Dance with Dragons
― A Dance with Dragons
“Kind? How boring that would be. I aspire to be wicked.”
― A Feast for Crows
― A Feast for Crows
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