You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless.

The letter . . . What did your lords make of it, I wonder?” Stannis snorted. “Celtigar pronounced it admirable. If I showed him the contents of my privy, he would declare that admirable as well.

All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it... though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces. (a servant in the House of Black and White)

And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.

I don't want to be a queen. I want to be the queen.

The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont

You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart.