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...
I shall try to persuade first the Rulers and soldiers, and then the rest of the community, that the upbringing and education we have given them was all something that happened to them only in a dream. In reality they were fashioned and reared, and th...
Mother seemed happiest when making and tending home, the sewing machine whistling and the Mixmaster whirling. Her deepest impulse was to nurture, to simply dwell; it had nothing to do with ambition and achievement in the world...How had I come to bel...
Where are the decent women, where are our good daughters, where are our future wives, All i see are whores with tattoos, they smoke do hard drugs and care-less, and if you correct them they insult you, where are our future mothers, where are the wome...
What do you think was the first sound to become a word, a meaning?... I imagined two people without words, unable to speak to each other. I imagined the need: The color of the sky that meant 'storm.' The smell of fire taht meant 'Flee.' The sound of ...
Better a thousand enemies outside the tent than one within.
Better to kiss an ugly woman than to lick yourself.
A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.
Great business is good; to sit and sip this glass is better.
It is better to be a bull for a year than a cow for a hundred years.
Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.
It is better not to begin than, having begun, leave unfinished.
Better a bite from a friend than a caress from an enemy.
A penny saved is better than a florin earned.
Better have a dog for your friend than your enemy.
Better once in heaven than ten times at the gate.
Better bread in the basket than a feather in your cap.
Better a good conscience without wisdom than wisdom without a good conscience.
Better ask twice than go wrong once.
Better one living word than a hundred dead ones.
There are no bad beers; some kinds are better than others.
