Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he could kill a duck." Tyrion shrugged. "Fetch the duck.

Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.

We will fight a battle, and then we will rest. Alive or dead, we'll rest." - Jon Snow

Just where do you think you are going, Arya?' the septa demanded. Arya glared at her. 'I have to go shoe a horse,' she said sweetly taking a brief satisfaction in the shock on the septa's face.

It was astonishing to see how angry Cersei could wax over accusations she knew perfectly well to be true.

There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings.

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