We know truth for the cruel instrument it is. Beauty is infinitely preferable to truth.
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
Kind? How boring that would be. I aspire to be wicked.
I could have written a story about a well-adjusted family. Ned Stark comes down to King’s Landing and takes over and solves all their problems. Would that have been as exciting?
Jon Snow: I'm not afraid to die. Mormont: Nor life, I hope.
Will holding a secret in your heart make it any less true? If you never tell, never speak of it, will it become only a dream, less than a dream, a nightmare half-remembered? Oh, if only the gods would be so good. (Catelyn)