Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.

We're children. We're supposed to be childish.

A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.

When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh loses all its power to hurt you.

Tyrion Lannister could not have been more astonished if Aegon the Conqueror himself had burst into the room, riding on a dragon and juggling lemon pies.

It's different for every writer. It's not a career for anyone who needs security. It's a career for gamblers. It's a career of ups and downs.

I must show no fear, no weakness, no doubt.