A true man does what he will, not what he must.

Power resides where men believe it to reside.

Now I understand why King Stannis let the wildlings through the Wall. He means for us to eat them.

My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.

What could he have done, one man against so many?" He could have tried, Brienne thought.

Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live.

A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.