All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns.

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.

I had a couple of friends, but I was mostly the kid with his nose in a book.

The sea is never weary. I must be as tireless.

Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains.

He had found over the years that silence sometimes yielded more than questions. And so it was this time.