I would choose freedom over comfort every time.

This is the bravo’s dance, the water dance, swift and sudden. All men are made of water, do you know this? When you pierce them, the water leaks out and they die.

Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.

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.

The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did.

Love is madness, and lust is poison.

The singers make much of kings who die valiantly in battle, but your life is worth more than a song.