The Gods give with one hand and take with the other.

We're setting up mechanisms where we can kill human beings with drones and missiles where you're sitting at a console and pressing the button. We never have to hear their whimpering, or hear them begging for their mother, or dying in horrible realities around us. I don't know if that's necessarily such a good thing.

A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes,” the Mountain declared. “Cut them out and give them to your next outrider. Tell him you hope that four eyes might see better than two . . . and if not, the man after him will have six.

What do we say to the Lord of Death?" "Not today.

One of the hardest parts of writing is writing from the gut or the heart or something like that rather than intellectually.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. Look her in the eyes before you kill her. See her tears, hear her last words. You owe her that much at least." - Eddard Stark

I suppose I'm a lapsed Catholic. You would consider me an atheist or agnostic.