All the world knew that a maester forged his silver link when he learned the art of healing—but the world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill.

Free folk don't follow names, or little cloth animals sewn on a tunic," the King-Beyond-the-Wall had told him. "They won't dance for coins, they don't care how your style yourself or what that chain of office means or who your grandsire was. They follow strength. They follow the man.

Do the dead frighten you?

That little touch is not in the books, but I wish it had been in the books because it was a great addition.

And the mystery knight should defeat all challengers and name the wolf maid the queen of love and beauty.

She went to the window seat and sat there, sniffling, hating them all, and herself most of all. It was all her fault, everything bad that had happened.

They will not love me, you say? When have they ever loved me? How can I lose something I have never owned? - Stannis