There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.

They will not love me, you say? When have they ever loved me? How can I lose something I have never owned? - Stannis

I thank you for calling them off, young ser. I promise you, they would have found me indigestible.

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.

When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.

The world is full of cravens who pretended to be heroes.

His dagger was out, poised at her throat. “Sing, little bird. Sing for your little life.