Who do you think our champion will be today? Have you seen Mace Tyrell's boy? The Knight of Flowers, they call him. Now there's a son any man would be proud to own to. Last tourney, he dumped the Kingslayer on his golden rump, you ought to have seen the look on Cersei's face. I laughed till my sides hurt.

Politicians were mostly people who'd had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers.

A thousand deaths would still be less than he deserves.

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

We were talking about the prince,' Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss. Arya knew which prince she meant: Joffrey, of course. The tall, handsome one. Sansa got to sit with him at the feast. Arya had to sit with the little fat one. Naturally.

The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.

We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang.