His time was past, her handmaid Irri declared. No man should live longer than his teeth.

And pray that he is the man I think he is, he finished silently, and not the man I fear he has become.

Make no mistake, dwarf. I fought for you, but I do not love you'' ''It was your blade I needed'' Tyrion said, ''not your love.

And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.

A long summer always meant a long winter to come.

She walked fast, to keep ahead of her fear.

The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write, be that fantasy, SF, comic books, whatever. You need to read everything.