Men have scars, women mysteries.

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

Ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

I've lost a hand, a father, a son, a sister, and a lover, and soon enough I will lose a brother. And yet they keep telling me House Lannister won this war.

I've been very lucky. There were times when I was afraid I would never sell another book, but I never doubted I'd write another book.

Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile; he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to behold.

Once a man has seen a dragon in flight, let him stay home and tend his garden in content, someone had written once, for this wide world has no greater wonder." Tyrion scratched at his scar and tried to recall the author's name.