I know who's going to be on the throne [in the Gameof Thrones], at the end, so I better not say. But, there will be a few people sitting on it, before the end.

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

...Ned always said that the man who passes the sentence should swing the blade, though he never took any joy in the duty. But I would, oh, yes.

Too stupid to learn and too stupid to give up.

I'm fond of all my characters so every time one doesn't make the cut I'm a little disappointed although I understand it.

I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.

Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli.