He wants you to smile and smell sweet and be his lady love. He wants to hear you recite all your pretty little words the way the septa taught you. He wants you to love him... and fear him.
George R. R. MartinAlways keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game.โ โWhat . . . what game?โ โThe only game. The game of thrones.โ -(Littlefinger)
George R. R. MartinJay wondered how they'd feel the morning they all woke up and realized that somehow Camelot had turned into Mordor.
George R. R. MartinRobert was the true steel. Stannis is pure iron, black and hard and strong, yes, but brittle, the way iron gets. He'll break before he bends. And Renly, that one, he's copper, bright and shiny, pretty to look at but not worth all that much at the end of the day.
George R. R. Martin