Athul Domichen

“No,” said Bran. “I haven’t. And if I have it doesn’t matter. Sometimes Old Nan would tell the same story she’d told before, but we never minded, if it was a good story. Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“I lack nothing, I tell you!”

“Nothing?” I asked. “Not even heaven?”

He lowered his head and was silent. But after a moment:

“Heaven is too high for me. The earth is good, exceptionally good–and near me!”

“Nothing is nearer to us than heaven. The earth is beneath our feet and we tread upon it, but heaven is within us.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis

“I have some devotional books you can look over. Learn to quote from them. Nothing discourages unwanted questions as much as a flow of pious bleating.

(Petyr Baelish to Sansa Stark)”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold

“But away from home, even the sturdiest men become vulnerable: beaten animals with lifeless expressions, their eyes full of extinguished stars. Far from their houses, they all become frightened children, and the only thing that could console them was the success of their venture.”
― Romain Puértolas, L'Extraordinaire Voyage du fakir qui était resté coincé dans une armoire Ikea