The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. Look her in the eyes before you kill her. See her tears, hear her last words. You owe her that much at least." - Eddard Stark

I buried him with mine own hands, in a place he showed me once when I was a squire at Storm’s End. No one shall ever find him there to disturb his rest.” He looked at Jaime defiantly. “I will defend King Tommen with all my strength, I swear it. I will give my life for his if need be. But I will never betray Renly, by word or deed. He was the king that should have been. He was the best of them.

This world is twisted beyond hope, when lowborn smugglers must vouch for the honor of kings.

If I wanted to honor you, I´d let you retire. I am planing to make you run the kingdom and fight the wars while I eat and drink

Why ask for truth," Ser Barristan said softly, "if you close your ears to it?

Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.

As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.