What a man can do and what a man will do are two different things.
Curiosity is my great vice. I fear you have seen through to the heart of me, and now seek to exploit my weakness
The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.
The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled around him, but he could feel how fast he was falling, and he knew what was waiting for him down there. Even in dreams, you could not fall forever. He wo...
You don't just have people who wake up in the morning and say, "What evil things can I do today, because I'm Mr. Evil?" People do things for what they think are justified reasons. Everybody is the hero of their own story, and you have to keep that in...
Lady Selyse was as tall as her husband, thin of body and thin of face, with prominent ears, a sharp nose, and the faintest hint of a mustache on her upper lip. She plucked it daily and cursed it regularly, yet it never failed to return. Her eyes were...
They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle Earth.
Woman? Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man. - Daenerys Targaryen
For men, the answer was always the same and never farther away than the nearest sword. For a woman, a mother, the way was stonier and harder to know.
Not a queen," said Dany. "A khaleesi.
È possibile che un uomo che ha paura possa anche essere coraggioso?” “Possibile? Bran, è quella l’unica situazione in cui si fa strada il coraggio”.
Das Herz lügt, und der Kopf spielt uns Tricks vor, die Augen aber sehen die Wahrheit.
They were in a long line, an endless line, and as they burst from the wood there was an instant, the smallest part of a heartbeat, when all Catelyn saw was the moonlight on the point of their lance, as if a thousand willowisps were coming down the ri...
My mother said my father had a drop of dragon blood.” “Two drops. That, or a cock six feet long.
Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine. Fear cuts deeper than swords. The man who fears losing has already lost. F...
I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have...
Every fool loves to hear that he's important
Ten years from now, no one is going to care how quickly the books came out. The only thing that will matter, the only thing anyone will remember, is how good they were. That's my main concern, and always will be.
There are no heroes...in life, the monsters win.
My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as...
That's one way we differ, Jaime and I. He's taller as well, you may have noticed.
