Ned was clad in a white linen doublet with the direwolf of Stark on the breast; his black wool cloak was fastened at the collar by his silver hand of office. Black and white and grey, all the shades of truth.

I had this desire to see the world. I couldn't see any of it, but I saw it in my imagination, and that's why I always read books, and I could go to Mars or Middle Earth or the Hyborian age.

Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.

The years leech at a man's memories, even those he has vowed never to forget.

Ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

I love you too, sweet sister. But you're a fool. A beautiful golden fool.

Men of honor will do things for their children that they would never consider doing for themselves.