Her lord father had taught her never to steal, but it was growing harder to remember why.

In King’s Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces… Every man’s a piece to start with, and every maid as well. Even some who think they are players." Petyr Baelish

If I die, I die friendless and abandoned. What choice did that leave him, but to live?

Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.' 'Girls don't shave', Arya said. 'Maybe they should. Have you ever seen the septa's legs?

Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower.

Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile; he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to behold.

I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.