I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

I thought my song was beginning that day, but it was almost done.

Gods and wonders always appear, to attend the birth of kings.

It was a story called ‘The Hero’ which I sold to Galaxy magazine in 1970, for $94.

Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.

If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells.

A lord may love the men that he commands, but he cannot be a friend to them. One day he may need to sit in judgement on them, or send them forth to die.