I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings.

Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you

You should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care.

Anger was better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt.

Aemon’s blind white eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “Egg, I dreamed that I was old.

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

In King’s Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces… Every man’s a piece to start with, and every maid as well. Even some who think they are players." Petyr Baelish