I never wanted to see half the things I've seen, and I've never seen half the things I wanted to. I don't think wanting comes into it. You'd best go all the same.

If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.

Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation.

And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history? If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.

Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come.

The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)

I am only a little lion, child, and I vow, I shall not savage you.