How much can a crown be worth, when a crow can dine upon a king?

...grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.

She should be on a hill somewhere, under a fruit tree, with the sun and clouds above her and the rain to wash her clean.

Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him.

Men have scars, women mysteries.

The morning air was dark with the smoke of burning gods.

Why ask for truth," Ser Barristan said softly, "if you close your ears to it?