It's a fool boy who mocks a giant, and a mad world when a cripple has to defend him.
George R. R. MartinSpeak the name, and death will come. On the morrow, at the turn of the moon, a year from this day, it will come. A man does not fly like a bird, but one foot moves and then another and one day a man is there.
George R. R. MartinI want you to be afraid to turn the page (and to do that) you need to show right from the beginning that you're playing for keeps.
George R. R. MartinNight gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.
George R. R. Martin