Arya lifted her gaze from the dead man and his dead dog. Jaqen H'ghar was leaning up against the side of the Wailing Tower. When he saw her looking, he lifted a hand to his face and laid two fingers casually against his cheek.

Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion

An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.

When Maester Aemon heard him sing, he said his voice was honey poured over thunder.

What the King dreams, the Hand builds.

Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward.

My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls... And I really think that worked out pretty well for me.