George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"Bad and worse and worst makes a beggar's choice."
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"Bad and worse and worst makes a beggar's choice."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"All men must die. We are but death's instruments, not death himself."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"It is hard to die unmourned."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"Disease could wipe out an army quicker than any battle."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"Never speak of defeat before battle."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"No singer would ever make a song about that battle. No maester would ever write down an account for one of the Reader's beloved books. No banners flew, no warhorns moaned, no great lord called his men about him to hear his final ringing words. They fought in the predawn gloom, shadow against shadow, stumbling over roots and rocks, with mud and rotting leaves beneath their feet."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"A bloody sword is a beautiful thing."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"A man should smell of sweat, not flowers."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"What man wants does not matter."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"It is hard to look a hero when mounted on a pig."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"Not that I'm complaining. It was better than my old dream, where Harma Dogshead was feeding me to her pigs."Harma's dead." Jon said."But not the pigs. They look at me the way Slayer used to look at ham. Not to say that the wildlings mean us harm. Aye, we hacked their gods apart and made them burn the pieces, but we gave them onion soup. What's a god compared to a nice bowl of onion soup? I could do with mine myself."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs?"
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"The moon was a crescent, thin and sharp as the blade of a knife."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"Never drink with Dornishmen when the moon is full."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child, then he will return, and not before."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"He has a sellsword's conscience, she realized then. That is to say none at all."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend, men said, but the enemy of my friend is my enemy."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"These are the winter's people, he reminded himself. Tears froze upon your cheeks where they come from."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
"Without honor, a knight is no more than a common killer. It is better to die with honor than to live without it."
George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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