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.

Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?

If you need help bark like a dog." - Gendry. "That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout help." - Arya

His dagger was out, poised at her throat. “Sing, little bird. Sing for your little life.

Jon Snow had dreamed of leading men to glory just as King Daeron had, of growing up to be a conqueror. Now he was a man grown and the Wall was his, yet all he had were doubts. He could not even seem to conquer those.

I'm not a writer who's preaching some particular philosophy or something but the big questions do concern me and I like to make my readers think and debate and argue with each other and look at some aspect of the world or some act of governance or war or power and have an angle they haven't considered before, and that's something I strive for and hopefully have accomplished.

The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent. It's the ones who look innocent I need to beware.