She walked fast, to keep ahead of her fear.

In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining.

Once, I cut off a man's head, but he did not know it until he tried to brush his hair. Then it fell off.

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

There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.

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

Catelyn had never liked this godswood. She had been born a Tully, at Riverrun far to the south, on the Red Fork of the Trident. The godswood there was a garden, bright and airy, where tall redwoods spread dappled shadows across tinkling streams, birds sang from hidden nests, and the air was spicy with the scent of flowers.