She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye.

You've got a bold tongue, little man. One day, someone is like to cut it out and make you eat it.

You little fool. Tears are not a woman's only weapon. You've got another one between your legs, and you'd best learn to use it. You'll find men use their swords freely enough. Both kinds of swords.

Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.

There has never been a slave who did not choose to be a slave. Their choice may be between bondage and death, but the choice is always there.

No man should live longer than his teeth.

The stone is strong. Bran told himself, the roots of the trees go deep, and under the ground the Kings of Winter sit their thrones. So long as those remained, Winterfell remained. It was not dead, just broken. Like me, he thought. I'm not dead either.