“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.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“Her name is Brienne," Jaime said. "Brienne, the maid of Tarth. You are still maiden, I hope?"
Her broad homely face turned red. "Yes."
"Oh, good," Jaime said. "I only rescue maidens.”
― A Storm of Swords
Her broad homely face turned red. "Yes."
"Oh, good," Jaime said. "I only rescue maidens.”
― A Storm of Swords
“There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.”
― A Storm of Swords
― A Storm of Swords
“I've lost a hand, a father, a son, a sister, and a lover, and soon enough I will lose a brother. And yet they keep telling me House Lannister won this war.”
― A Storm of Swords
― A Storm of Swords
“There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
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