In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining.

Now I understand why King Stannis let the wildlings through the Wall. He means for us to eat them.

I could have written a story about a well-adjusted family. Ned Stark comes down to King’s Landing and takes over and solves all their problems. Would that have been as exciting?

How do you fight someone if you can't hit them?

The singers make much of kings who die valiantly in battle, but your life is worth more than a song.

And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history? If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.

One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.