Wizards die the same as other men, once you cut their heads off.

...and when you’ve known me longer, you’ll learn that I mean everything I say.” “Even the lies?” “Especially the lies.

A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game.” “What . . . what game?” “The only game. The game of thrones.” -(Littlefinger)

The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real, for a moment at least, that long magic moment before we wake.

When a man was hurt you took him to the maester, but what could you do when your maester was hurt?

I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.