I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.
George R. R. MartinRemember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as you do that, part of her will always be alive in you.
George R. R. MartinBran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.
George R. R. Martin