What was it Catelyn Stark had called them, that night at Bitterbridge? The knights of summer. And now it was autumn and they were falling like leaves.

The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.

A bag of dragons buys a man's silence for a while, but a well-placed quarrel buys it forever.

The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.

They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it.

Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know.

Robert was the true steel. Stannis is pure iron, black and hard and strong, yes, but brittle, the way iron gets. He'll break before he bends. And Renly, that one, he's copper, bright and shiny, pretty to look at but not worth all that much at the end of the day.