Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them.

That little touch is not in the books, but I wish it had been in the books because it was a great addition.

Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.

When a pirate grows rich enough, they make him a prince.

Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live.

When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.

Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end.