My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls... And I really think that worked out pretty well for me.

They will not love me, you say? When have they ever loved me? How can I lose something I have never owned? - Stannis

Once a man has seen a dragon in flight, let him stay home and tend his garden in content, someone had written once, for this wide world has no greater wonder." Tyrion scratched at his scar and tried to recall the author's name.

...grief can derange even the strongest and most disciplined of minds.

"Weese," she would whisper, first of all. "Dunsen, Chiswyck, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling. The Tickler and the Hound. Ser Gregor, Ser Armory, Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, King Joffrey, Queen Cersei."

Winter will never come for the likes of us. Should we die in battle, they will surely sing of us, and it’s always summer in the songs. In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining.

I just need to rest, that’s all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a little.