I will teach them what it means to put a lion in a cage, Cersei thought.

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

That man said he’d take your head too.” “Well, as to that,” Yoren said, “if he can get it off my shoulders, he’s welcome to it.

You'll find truth in your looking glass, not on the tongues of men.

I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men.

Cersei Lannister: I shall wear this as a badge of honor. Robert Barathon: Wear it in silence or I'll honor you again.

When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it