Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

I am doing the right thing, he told himself, so why do I feel so bad?

There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we know better. Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at all the beauty in the world? Only a monster god, a demon of the darkness.

When a man was hurt you took him to the maester, but what could you do when your maester was hurt?

One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy. But, I wanted to put a somewhat different spin on it. The whole trope of absolute good versus absolute evil, which was wonderful in the hands of J.R. Tolkien, became cliche and rote in the hands of the many Tolkien imitators that followed.

Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back. - Areo Hotah