A fair bargain leaves both sides unhappy.

She remembered the godswood, drooping branches heavy with moisture, and the sound of her brother’s laughter as he chased her through piles of damp leaves.

Folly and desperation are ofttimes hard to tell apart.

Make no mistake, dwarf. I fought for you, but I do not love you'' ''It was your blade I needed'' Tyrion said, ''not your love.

When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.

"Come at once," she had written to him. "Help me. Save me. I need you now as I have never needed you before. I love you. I love you. I love you. Come at once"

It was a story called ‘The Hero’ which I sold to Galaxy magazine in 1970, for $94.