Ideas are cheap. I have more ideas now than I could ever write up. To my mind, it's the execution that is all-important.

all men carry murder in their hearts, yet even so, the poisoner is beneath contempt.

Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.

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

An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.

I believe that women are many different types of people. There are brave women, there are cowardly women, there are altruistic women, there are selfish women. Most people are a combination of the same.

Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as you do that, part of her will always be alive in you.