Of course you know him. Everyone knows a pear-shaped man.

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

His chains chinked softly. I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health. Yes, I meant for him to die.

Give me priests who are fat and corrupt and cynical,(...) the sort who like to sit on soft satin cushions, nibble sweetmeats, and diddle little boys. It's the ones who believe in gods who make the trouble. (Tyrion)

Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.

I thank you for calling them off, young ser. I promise you, they would have found me indigestible.

Anyone can be killed.