George R.R. Martin Quotes

Why has no one come to pry me out of here?- Cersei
George R.R. Martin
The comic book is not the book. the graphic novel is not the novel. The same, of course, is true of films and television. When we move a story from one medium to another, no matter how faithful we attempt to be, some changes are inevitable. Each medium has its own demands, own restrictions, its own way of telling a story.
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What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs?
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Jaime gave her [Brienne] a hard smile. "See, wench? We know each other too well.
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In the deep sands a man must hoard his water.
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Without honor, a knight is no more than a common killer. It is better to die with honor than to live without it.
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Our honor means no more than our lives, so long as the realm is safe.
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Begging for help never gets you any.
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That's one way we differ, Jaime and I. He's taller as well, you may have noticed.
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Why would the stars want to look down on such as me?
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If every woman had a direwolf, men would be much sweeter.
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I thank you for calling them off, young ser. I promise you, they would have found me indigestible.
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There is entirely too much tut-tutting in this realm, if you ask me. All these kings would do a deal better if they put down their swords and listened to their mothers.
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Free folk don't follow names, or little cloth animals sewn on a tunic," the King-Beyond-the-Wall had told him. "They won't dance for coins, they don't care how your style yourself or what that chain of office means or who your grandsire was. They follow strength. They follow the man.
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Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.
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Look at me!" he would shout as he ran laughing through the halls of Storm's End. "Look at me, I'm a dragon," or "Look at me, I'm a wizard," or "Look at me, look at me, I'm the rain
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Most of my kin are bastards," [Tyrion] said with a wry smile, "but you're the first I've had to friend.
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The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)
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His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin.
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A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.
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We were talking about the prince,' Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss.Arya knew which prince she meant: Joffrey, of course. The tall, handsome one. Sansa got to sit with him at the feast. Arya had to sit with the little fat one. Naturally.
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The world the Citadel is building has no place in it for sorcery or prophecy or glass candles, much less for dragons.
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Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.''Girls don't shave', Arya said.'Maybe they should. Have you ever seen the septa's legs?
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They hate you because you act like you're better than they are...." "[they are] Four that you humiliated in the yard. Four who are probably afraid of you. I’ve watched you fight. It’s not training with you. Put a good edge on your sword, and they’d be dead meat; you know it, I know it, they know it. You leave them nothing. You shame them. Does that make you proud?
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Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.
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You are your mother's trueborn son of Lannister.""Am I?" the dwarf replied, sardonic. "Do tell my lord father. My mother died birthing me, and he's never been sure.""I don't even know who my mother was," Jon said. "Some woman, no doubt. Most of them are." He favored Jon with a rueful grin. "Remember this, boy. All dwarfs may be bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs."And with that he turned and sauntered back into the feast, whistling a tune. When he opened the door, the light from within threw his shadow clear across the yard, and for just a moment Tyrion Lannister stood tall as a king.
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How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?" Jaime reached for the flagon to refill his cup. "So many vows...they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for his. But obey your father. Love your sister. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. Respect the gods. Obey the laws. It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or the other.
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