She was Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, Khaleesi and queen, Mother of Dragons, slayer of warlocks, breaker of chains, and there was no one in the world that she could trust.

Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did.

The world is full of cravens who pretended to be heroes.

Every flight begins with a fall.

There are no happy endings.

I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings.