When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.

Jon Snow: I'm not afraid to die. Mormont: Nor life, I hope.

They will not love me, you say? When have they ever loved me? How can I lose something I have never owned? - Stannis

The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write, be that fantasy, SF, comic books, whatever. You need to read everything.

I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

They say night's beauties fade at dawn, and the children of wine are oft disowned in the morning light.

There are things to be learned even from the dead.