When a man was hurt you took him to the maester, but what could you do when your maester was hurt?

I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once.

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

All dwarfs are bastards in their father's eyes

What could he have done, one man against so many?" He could have tried, Brienne thought.

Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.

Jon: Have you seen the wall? | Sam: I'm fat, not blind.