I am not questioning your honor, I am denying its existence.

An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.

For the night is dark and full of terrors.

Woman? Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man. - Daenerys Targaryen

I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.

Give me priests who are fat and corrupt and cynical,(...) the sort who like to sit on soft satin cushions, nibble sweetmeats, and diddle little boys. It's the ones who believe in gods who make the trouble. (Tyrion)

He wants you to smile and smell sweet and be his lady love. He wants to hear you recite all your pretty little words the way the septa taught you. He wants you to love him... and fear him.