Truly, sister, you were born to be a widow. (Tyrion to Cersei)

Nothing someone says before the word 'but' really counts.

And pray that he is the man I think he is, he finished silently, and not the man I fear he has become.

History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.

Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?

When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh loses all its power to hurt you.

She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye.