Life is not a song, sweetling. Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow.

I need to sleep, but fear to dream.

He was no dragon, Dany thought, curiously calm. Fire cannot kill a dragon

No man should live longer than his teeth.

All that Syrio Forel had taught her went racing through her head. Swift as a deer. Quiet as shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Then man who fears losing has already lost. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords.

When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your hands are clean." ~ Lord Petyr Baelish, Littlefinger