George R.R. Martin Quotes - Page 2

My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it.
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May the Father judge him justly.
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My first rule of war, Cat-never give the enemy his wish
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The moon was a crescent, thin and sharp as the blade of a knife.
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Never drink with Dornishmen when the moon is full.
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Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall.
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When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child, then he will return, and not before.
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In the deep sands a man must hoard his water.
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He has a sellsword's conscience, she realized then. That is to say none at all.
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I have never forgotten, and I can't imagine you have, and I've thought of it over the years. It was so good, when it was good, I kept thinking. How could it go wrong?
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It’s you and me that matters to me and you.
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As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black hissed, pale smoke venting from its mouth and nostrils. The other two pulled away from her breasts and added their voices to the call, translucent wings unfolding and stirring the air, and for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.
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Slowly the shapes around her took on form. Huge empty eyes stared at her hungrily through the gloom, and dimly she saw the jagged shadows of long teeth. She had lost the count. She closed her eyes and bit her lip and sent the fear away. When she looked again, the monsters would be gone. Would never have been. She pretended that Syrio was beside her in the dark, whispering in her ear. Calm as still water, she told herself. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine. She opened her eyes again. The monsters were still there, but the fear was gone.
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The dog barked and wagged his tail. He was a huge, shaggy creature, ten stone of dog at least, but friendly. 'Who does he belong to?' asked Podrick. 'Why, to himself, and to the Seven. As to his name, he has not told me what it is. I call him Dog.
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend, men said, but the enemy of my friend is my enemy.
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These are the winter's people, he reminded himself. Tears froze upon your cheeks where they come from.
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I never understood what Jaime saw in you, apart from his own reflection.
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The sword was not the kingdom, he says.
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Three good men dead, to save a hedge knight's foot.
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We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.
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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.
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Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.
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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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Even a hedge knight has his honor.
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Would you rather die with honor intact or live with it besmirched?
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Sellswords put gold before honor.
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Our honor means no more than our lives, so long as the realm is safe.
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Love is the bane of honor, the death of duty.
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Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.
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Begging for help never gets you any.
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Dying is not dead.
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Dying is easy, but victory comes hard.
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Silver’s sweet and gold’s our mother, but once you’re dead they’re worth less than that last shit you take as you lie dying.
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Cats never weep, she told herself, no more than wolves. It's just a stupid dream.
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Surely the Gods did not bring me safe through fire and sea only to kill me with a flux.
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Life is warmth and warmth is fire, and fire is God's and God's alone.
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What fire joins none man can put aside,
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Any cat may stare into a fire and see red mice play,
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The fire that burns against the cold.
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Ice can kill as dead as fire.
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Dragons are fire made flesh.
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A dozen great fires raged under the city walls, where casks of burning pitch had exploded, but the wildfire reduced them to no more than candles in a burning house, their orange and scarlet pennons fluttering insignificantly against the jade holocaust.
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The little man gave the big one a look. One of his eyes was green, one was black, and both were cool.
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His eyes were open wounds beneath his heavy brows, a blue as dark as the sea by night.
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Hatred does not stir the stone men half so much as hunger.
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A hound will die for you, but never lie to you.
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A sweet fruit for a sweet fight.
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Ser Cleos looked like a weasel, fought like a goose, and had the courage of an especially brave ewe.
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Never believe anything you hear at a woman’s tit.
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There’s always a bear,
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No man should live longer than his teeth.
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They’re both bungholes who think they’re too noble to shit,
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They say it grows so cold up here in winter that a man’s laughter freezes in his throat and chokes him to death,” Ned said evenly. “Perhaps that is why the Starks have so little humor.
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All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.
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He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.
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I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.
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Curiosity is my great vice. I fear you have seen through to the heart of me, and now seek to exploit my weakness
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Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?
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Death, there will be death, aye. Your lordship lost a son at the Red Wedding. I lost four upon the Blackwater. And why? Because the Lannisters stole the throne. Go to King’s Landing and look on Tommen with your own eyes, if you doubt me. A blind man could see it. What does Stannis offer you? Vengeance. Vengeance for my sons and yours, for your husbands and your fathers and your brothers. Vengeance for your murdered lord, your murdered king, your butchered princes. Vengeance!
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It's death and destruction I want to bring down upon House Lannister, not scorn. Jon said.
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