Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.
The best lies contain within them nuggets of truth, enough to give a listener pause.
Men will always underestimate you, he said, and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman tried them sorely. Let them spend their strength in furious attacks, whilst you conserve your own. Wait and watch, girl, wait and watch.
The most insidious thing about bondage was how easy it was to grow accustomed to it.
When it comes to swords, a queen is only a woman after all.
I will say, I think it odd that I am loved by one for a kindness I never did, and reviled by so many for my finest act.
Melisandre: I pray for a glimpse of Azor Ahai, and R’hllor shows me only snow.
Let them see that their words can cut you and you’ll never be free of the mockery.
Bring on your storm, my lord-and recall, if you do, the name of this castle”-Ser Courtnay Penrose at Storm’s End.
Learn to use yours ears more and your mouth less, or your reign will be shorter than I am.
When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.
Hoooodor,” said Hodor, swaying. “Hooooooodor, hoooooodor, hoDOR, hoDOR, hoDOR.” Sometimes he liked to do this, just saying his name different ways, over and over and over.
Ser Loras lusts for glory as real men lust for women, the least the gods can do is grant him a death worthy of a song.
Valor is a poor substitute for numbers.
No godless man may sit the Seastone Chair!
One day, she promised herself as she lay abed, one day she would allow herself to be less than strong. But not today. It could not be today.
A bastard had to learn to notice things, to read the truth that people hid behind their eyes.
How can I do my duty if I do not know where it lies?
Jon could not find it in him to pray to any gods, old or new. If they were real, he thought, they were as cruel and implacable as winter.
The godswife thought her a child, but children grow, and children learn.