Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you.

Men are mad and gods are madder, she told the grass, and the grass murmured its agreement.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.

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

There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.

Wine makes all things possible.

If H. P. Lovecraft and H. L. Mencken had ever collaborated, they might have come up with something like The Edge of Reason. This one will delight thinkers-and outrage true believers-of all stripes.