Do the dead frighten you?

A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose. (Maester Aemon)

It was a story called ‘The Hero’ which I sold to Galaxy magazine in 1970, for $94.

The letter . . . What did your lords make of it, I wonder?” Stannis snorted. “Celtigar pronounced it admirable. If I showed him the contents of my privy, he would declare that admirable as well.

He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.

The Beauty raised her eyes, the only part of her that was truly beautiful.

You are an honest and honorable man...Ofttimes I forget that. I have met so few of them in my life.