"Another name? Oh, certainly. And when the Faceless Men come to kill me, I'll say, 'No, you have the wrong man, I'm a different dwarf with a hideous facial scar.'" Both Lannisters laughed at the absurdity of it all.

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.

And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history? If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.

Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night.

Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him.

I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other techniques during my career, like the first person or the omniscient view point, but I actually hate the omniscient viewpoint. None of us have an omniscient viewpoint; we are alone in the universe. We hear what we can hear... we are very limited. If a plane crashes behind you I would see it but you wouldn't. That's the way we perceive the world and I want to put my readers in the head of my characters.

What would a Frey know of honor? - Sir Davos Seaworth