His chains chinked softly. I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health. Yes, I meant for him to die.

Wizards die the same as other men, once you cut their heads off.

Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him.

The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.

Women do not forget. Women do not forgive.

My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.

Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.