A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.

For men, the answer was always the same and never farther away than the nearest sword. For a woman, a mother, the way was stonier and harder to know.

The more people you love, the weaker you are.

Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able.

In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.

Of course it’s not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.

So young," said Wyman Manderly, "Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would've grown up to be a Frey.