George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"Oh, my sweet summer child," Old Nan said quietly, "what do you know of fear?Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feetdeep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north. Fear is for the longnight, when the sun hides its face for years at a time, and little childrenare born and live and die all in darkness while the direwolves grow gaunt andhungry, and the white walkers move through the woods"
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"Oh, my sweet summer child," Old Nan said quietly, "what do you know of fear?Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feetdeep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north. Fear is for the longnight, when the sun hides its face for years at a time, and little childrenare born and live and die all in darkness while the direwolves grow gaunt andhungry, and the white walkers move through the woods"
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"Fear cuts deeper than swords."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid''That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"I have a realistic grasp of my own strengths and weaknesses. My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind… and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That’s why I read so much, Jon Snow."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"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."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"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?"
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"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?"
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"Laughter is poison to fear."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"Is it so far from madness to wisdom" - Daenerys Targaryen"
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wrong, between true and false, between life and death."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"... How would you like to die, Tyrion son of Tywin"In my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a maiden's mouth around my cock, at the age of eighty," he replied."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"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."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose. (Maester Aemon)"
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
"The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that."
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
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