I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China and Liberia and England and Denmark and whatever, and I learned all the different flags and I tried to imagine what it would be like to be voyaging on some of these ships.

What are gods for if not to sit in judgment over men? The Many-Faced God does not weigh men's souls, however. He gives his gift to the best of men as he gives it to the worst. Elsewise the good would live forever.

Life is not a song, sweetling. Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow.

In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining.

I heard a Lannister always pays his debts." "Oh, every penny....but never a groat more. You'll get the meal you bargained for, but it won't be sauced with gratitude, and in the end it will not nourish you.

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

Wisdom oft comes from the mouth of babes.