Quotes by George R.R. Martin

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You win or you die.

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Where the king goes, the realm follows -Catlyn Stark-

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Laughter is poison to fear.

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His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin.

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The man who fears losing has already lost.

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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 feet deep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north. Fear is for the long night, when the sun hid...

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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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I thank you for calling them off, young ser. I promise you, they would have found me indigestible.

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He was a bee in a stone honeycomb, and someone had cut off his wings.

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When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.

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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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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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...his voice was like the cracking of ice on a winter lake, and the words were mocking

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This is no toy", he told her. "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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...grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.

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You are an honest and honorable man, Lord Eddard. Ofttimes I forget that. I have met so few of them in my life.” He glanced around the cell. “When I see what honesty and honor have won you, I understand why.

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The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.

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You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.

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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 the...

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...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.

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I learned long ago that it is considered rude to vomit on your brother

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