They say night's beauties fade at dawn, and the children of wine are oft disowned in the morning light.

And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history? If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.

First rule, stick them with the pointy end!

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.

He never wanted love, though. You cannot eat love, nor buy a horse with it, nor warm your halls on a cold night.

But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about is advancing the plot, why read novels? We can just read Cliffs Notes.

Now I understand why King Stannis let the wildlings through the Wall. He means for us to eat them.