Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.

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

He was no dragon, Dany thought, curiously calm. Fire cannot kill a dragon

A long summer always meant a long winter to come.

The worst isn't done. The worst is just beginning, and there are no happy endings. (Samuel Tarly)

Tomorrow's trials concerned her more than yesterday's triumphs.

She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her.