Sacrifice is never easy or it is no true sacrifice. - Stannis

A man who won't listen can't hear.

Nothing bores me more than books where you read two pages and you know exactly how it's going to come out. I want twists and turns that surprise me, characters that have a difficult time and that I don't know if they're going to live or die.

The common people pray for rain, healthy children and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.

Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.

There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.

Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.' 'Girls don't shave', Arya said. 'Maybe they should. Have you ever seen the septa's legs?