Jay wondered how they'd feel the morning they all woke up and realized that somehow Camelot had turned into Mordor.

I'm a huge fan of Tolkien. I read those books when I was in junior high school and high school, and they had a profound effect on me. I'd read other fantasy before, but none of them that I loved like Tolkien.

He wished he could relieve himself of his doubts and guilts half as easily.

Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?

The maester smiled...Hush now, child, I'm much older than you. I can....die as I please.

Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)

And for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.