Robert wanted to be loved. My brother Tyrion has the same disease. Do you want to be loved, Sansa?โ โEveryone wants to be loved.โ โI see flowering hasnโt made you any brighter,โ said Cersei. โSansa, permit me to share a bit of womanly wisdom with you on this very special day. Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.
George R. R. MartinI donโt know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think itโs more difficult for women, particularly in a Medieval setting. They have the additional problem that theyโre a woman and people donโt want them in a position of power in an essentially patriarchal society.
George R. R. MartinAn awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.
George R. R. Martin