And for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.

The Lord of Light in his wisdom made us male and female, two parts of a greater whole. In our joining there is power. Power to make life. Power to make light. Power to cast shadows.

All my life men like you've sneered at me, and all my life I've been knocking men like you into the dust.

One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable.

It was astonishing to see how angry Cersei could wax over accusations she knew perfectly well to be true.

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

Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able.