Ary

“There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“His desire was as deep and boundless as the sea, but when the tide receded, the rocks of shame and guilt thrust up as sharp as ever. Sometimes the waves would cover them, but they remained beneath the waters, hard and black and slimy.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

“All knights must bleed, Jaime," Ser Arthur Dayne had said, when he saw. "Blood is the seal of our devotion." With dawn he tapped him on the shoulder; the pale blade was so sharp that even that light touch cut through Jaime's tunic, so he bled anew. He never felt it. A boy knelt; a knight rose. The Young Lion, not the Kingslayer.
But that was long ago, and the boy was dead.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

“The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth,”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons