I want to make my kingdom beautiful, to fill it with fat men and pretty maids and laughing children. I want my people to smile when they see me ride by, the way Viserys said they smiled for my father. (Daenerys)

Cersei Lannister: I shall wear this as a badge of honor. Robert Barathon: Wear it in silence or I'll honor you again.

When we speak of the morrow nothing is ever certain.

Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?

Some gave me soft words and some blunt, some made excuses, some promises, some only lied. In the end words are just wind.

You'll find truth in your looking glass, not on the tongues of men.

There are two kinds of writers. There are architects and gardeners. The architects do blueprints before they drive the first nail. The gardeners just dig a hole and plant the seed and see what comes up.