A man does not need to be a wizard to know truth from falsehood, not if he has eyes. You need only learn to read a face. Look at the eyes. The mouth. The muscles here, at the corners of the jaw, and here, where the neck joins the shoulders." He touched her lightly with two fingers. "Some liars blink. Some stare. Some look away. Some lick their lips. Many coer their mouths just before they tell a lie, as if to hide their deceit. Other signs may be more subtle, but they are always there. A false smile and a true one may look alike, but they are as different as dusk from dawn.

A hedge knight must hold tight to his pride. Without it, he was no more than a sellsword

The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont

I have been despised by better men than you.

Nothing someone says before the word 'but' really counts.

Give a thing a name and it will somehow come to be.

I just need to rest, that’s all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a little.