Sweet smells are sometimes used to cover foul ones.

It was astonishing to see how angry Cersei could wax over accusations she knew perfectly well to be true.

A woman's life is nine parts mess to one part magic, you'll learn that soon enough...and the parts that look like magic turn out to be the messiest of all.

There are too many steps in this castle, and it seems to me they add a few every night, just to vex me" - Maester Cressen

How do you fight someone if you can't hit them?

The white horse and the black one wheeled like lovers at a harvest dance, the riders throwing steel in place of kisses.

The gods don’t care about men, no more than kings care about peasants.