A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

I had this desire to see the world. I couldn't see any of it, but I saw it in my imagination, and that's why I always read books, and I could go to Mars or Middle Earth or the Hyborian age.

So be it. I'll wear my iron and hold my tongue. A man who won't listen can't hear.

They will not love me, you say? When have they ever loved me? How can I lose something I have never owned? - Stannis

And all was black and still, and black and cold, and black and dead, and black.

The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish" - Tyrion Lannister

We were king’s men, knights, and heroes . . . but some knights are dark and full of terror, my lady. War makes monsters of us all.” “Are you saying you are monsters?” “I am saying we are human. You are not the only one with wounds, Lady Brienne