Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live.

A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.

Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.

Eat your heart out, Rowling. Maybe you have billions of dollars and my Hugo, but you don't have readers like these.

I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?

We know truth for the cruel instrument it is. Beauty is infinitely preferable to truth.