Kill me, and be cursed. You are no king of mine.
Arya lifted her gaze from the dead man and his dead dog. Jaqen H’ghar was leaning up against the side of the Wailing Tower. When he saw her looking, he lifted a hand to his face and laid two fingers casually against his cheek.
The more people you love, the weaker you are.
A lord may love the men that he commands, but he cannot be a friend to them. One day he may need to sit in judgement on them, or send them forth to die.
Some doors are best left closed.
Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna, and thousands died for it.
Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.
Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.
She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye.
When Maester Aemon heard him sing, he said his voice was honey poured over thunder.
You kill men for the wrongs they have done, not the wrongs that they may do someday.
The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you’re trying to write, be that fantasy, SF, comic books, whatever. You need to read everything.
I have been despised by better men than you.
Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you.
I have a hole where my heart should be, she thought, and nowhere else to go.
The sea is never weary. I must be as tireless.
No fight is hopeless till it has been fought.
Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don’t know.
Men are men, vows are words, and words are wind.
Some allies are more dangerous than enemies.