You know nothing, Jon Snow

Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.

In King’s Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces… Every man’s a piece to start with, and every maid as well. Even some who think they are players." Petyr Baelish

The only game. The game of thrones.

The intelligent and efficient politician is a species virtually unknown in the galaxy. Perhaps I might secure a scraping [for my] cell library.

I want to make my kingdom beautiful, to fill it with fat men and pretty maids and laughing children. I want my people to smile when they see me ride by, the way Viserys said they smiled for my father. (Daenerys)

There’s part of me that loves words. But sometimes it feels like you’re trying to drive nails with your shoe.