Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.

All the world knew that a maester forged his silver link when he learned the art of healing—but the world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill.

Men are men, vows are words, and words are wind.

When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it

I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China and Liberia and England and Denmark and whatever, and I learned all the different flags and I tried to imagine what it would be like to be voyaging on some of these ships.

She is not truly beautiful but something about her draws the eye.

I can be humbler than anyone.