But what a man can do and what a man will do are two different things, he knew.

All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns.

I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story.

Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you

Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.

The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)

I dreamed... in the black of night a man asks all the questions he dare not ask by daylight. For me, the past years, only one question has remained. Why would the gods take my eyes and my strength, yet condemn me to linger on so long, frozen and forgotten? What use could they have for an old done man like me? ... I remember, Sam. I still remember. Remember what? Dragons, Aemon whispered.