Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends.

There are no men like me. There's only me

If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.

Who do you think our champion will be today? Have you seen Mace Tyrell's boy? The Knight of Flowers, they call him. Now there's a son any man would be proud to own to. Last tourney, he dumped the Kingslayer on his golden rump, you ought to have seen the look on Cersei's face. I laughed till my sides hurt.

Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion

When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.