Everything's better with some wine in the belly.

Sacrifice is never easy or it is no true sacrifice. - Stannis

I think my very earliest stories were all intellectual exercises and I was writing from experiences I had never had about characters who were about an inch deep.

Irri and Jhiqui argued about Rakharo. “You are too skinny for him,” Jhiqui was saying. “You are almost a boy. Rakharo does not bed with boys. This is known.” Irri bristled back. “It is known that you are almost a cow. Rakharo does not bed with cows.

All the world knew that a maester forged his silver link when he learned the art of healing—but the world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill.

And pray that he is the man I think he is, he finished silently, and not the man I fear he has become.

First rule, stick them with the pointy end!