I wanted to write a big novel, something epic in scale.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.

Ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

Jon: Have you seen the wall? | Sam: I'm fat, not blind.

A thousand deaths would still be less than he deserves.

I don't ever want t' leave this cave, Jon Snow. Not ever

A bear! A bear! All black and brown and covered in hair!

Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able.

When a pirate grows rich enough, they make him a prince.

Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know.

A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.

Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening.

The world is full of cravens who pretended to be heroes.

A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep.

The morning air was dark with the smoke of burning gods.

Of course you know him. Everyone knows a pear-shaped man.

A man agrees with god as a raindrop agrees with the storm

For they are the knights of summer, and winter is coming.

Nothing someone says before the word 'but' really counts.

A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands.

Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.

Is it so far from madness to wisdom?" - Daenerys Targaryen

There is an empty place within me where my heart once was.

All dwarfs may be bastards yet not all bastards are dwarfs.

She had never loved him so much as she did in that instant.

Jon Snow: I'm not afraid to die. Mormont: Nor life, I hope.

Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used against you

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life

And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all.

I am not questioning your honor, I am denying its existence.

I have climbed these steps so often I know each one by name.

Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower.

The High Septon once told me that as we sin, so do we suffer.

Sacrifice is never easy or it is no true sacrifice. - Stannis

I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings.

Gods and wonders always appear, to attend the birth of kings.

The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.

Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.

In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness.

They hate you because you act like you're better than they are

Truly, sister, you were born to be a widow. (Tyrion to Cersei)

Tomorrow's trials concerned her more than yesterday's triumphs.

Do dead man dream? The dead themselves are silent on the matter

You do not steal from the dragon, oh, no. The dragon remembers.

Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna, and thousands died for it.

The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy.

Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.

How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king?

Wizards die the same as other men, once you cut their heads off.

Not all books are for all people. We read for different reasons.

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