Can they love without a word for it?

Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them.

Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water.

Ideas are cheap. I have more ideas now than I could ever write up. To my mind, it's the execution that is all-important.

I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.

It is better to be seen as cruel than foolish.

You little fool. Tears are not a woman's only weapon. You've got another one between your legs, and you'd best learn to use it. You'll find men use their swords freely enough. Both kinds of swords.