A long summer always meant a long winter to come.

A bag of dragons buys a man's silence for a while, but a well-placed quarrel buys it forever.

I do so hope he plays us 'The Rains of Castamere.' It has been an hour. I've forgotten how it goes -- Olenna Tyrell, the HBIC

The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is flickering by and you're hardly a part of it. You remember the events in your books better than you remember the events that actually took place when you were writing them.

If you would wed, wed. If not, take your pleasure where you find it. There's little enough of it in this world." - Oberyn

Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?

He pushed away from her and raised his arm, forcing his stump into her face. "A Hand without a hand? A bad jape, sister. Don't ask me to rule.