It is being common-born that is dangerous, when the great lords play their game of thrones.

I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.

It's really irritating when you open a book, and 10 pages into it you know that the hero you met on page one or two is gonna come through unscathed, because he's the hero. This is completely unreal, and I don't like it.

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

Men are men, vows are words, and words are wind.

Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is dark and full of terrors, save us from the scary things, and blah blah blah some more.

Gods and wonders always appear, to attend the birth of kings.