The Lord of Winterfell would always be a Stark

He wants you to smile and smell sweet and be his lady love. He wants to hear you recite all your pretty little words the way the septa taught you. He wants you to love him... and fear him.

An honest kiss, a little kindness, everyone deserves that much, however big or small.

It was bitingly cold up here,and the wind pulled at his clothes like an insistent lover.

I've been very lucky. There were times when I was afraid I would never sell another book, but I never doubted I'd write another book.

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

Nothing burns like the cold.