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

The worst isn't done. The worst is just beginning, and there are no happy endings. (Samuel Tarly)

"Another name? Oh, certainly. And when the Faceless Men come to kill me, I'll say, 'No, you have the wrong man, I'm a different dwarf with a hideous facial scar.'" Both Lannisters laughed at the absurdity of it all.

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

You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that combines some of the best traits of contemporary fantasy with some of the traits of the historical novel.

Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.

A long summer always meant a long winter to come.