A man does not need to be a wizard to know truth from falsehood, not if he has eyes. You need only learn to read a face. Look at the eyes. The mouth. The muscles here, at the corners of the jaw, and here, where the neck joins the shoulders.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.

Everything's better with some wine in the belly.

The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont

The sea is never weary. I must be as tireless.

I watch NFL football on Sundays. I enjoy gaming with friends, meaning role-playing games; I still enjoy going to conventions and traveling.

Ser Cleos looked like a weasel, fought like a goose, and had the courage of an especially brave ewe.