I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once.

The worst isn't done. The worst is just beginning, and there are no happy endings. (Samuel Tarly)

When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east," she said sadly. "When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When my womb quickens again, and I bear a living child. Then you will return, my sun-and-stars, and not before." -Daenerys Targaryen

The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)

Know the men who follow you and let them know you. Don't ask your men to die for a stranger.

Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne, N.J.

The more people you love, the weaker you are.