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

Now I understand why King Stannis let the wildlings through the Wall. He means for us to eat them.

I like dogs better than knights. A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face. He cupped her under the jaw, raising her chin, his fingers pinchingher painfully. And that's more than little birds can do, isn't it? I never got my song.

She had put despair and fear aside, as if they were garments she did not choose to wear.

Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening.

I do know what’s been useless to me is the online fantasy name generators. I’ve tried those a few times, and they say, ‘Just hit this button and we’ll generate 50 fantasy names,’ and they all turn out to be ‘Grisknuckle’.

In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.