The best quotes by the author we have brought to you
“A book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right hands, said Haldon.” (A Dance with Dragons Quotes)
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“A lord may love the men that he commands, but he cannot be a friend to them. One day he may need to sit in judgement on them, or send them forth to die.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child’s riddle?”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“Drowning was bad enough. But drowning sad and sober, that’s too cruel.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“I am the blood of the dragon. Do not presume to teach me lessons.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“It was never wise for a ruler to eschew the trappings of power, for power itself flows in no small measure from such trappings.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“Knowledge is a Weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to Battle.” (A Dance with Dragons Quotes)
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“Many good men have been bad kings, Maester Aemon used to say, and some bad men have been good kings.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“No singer would ever make a song about that battle. No maester would ever write down an account for one of the Reader’s beloved books. No banners flew, no warhorns moaned, no great lord called his men about him to hear his final ringing words. They fought in the predawn gloom, shadow against shadow, stumbling over roots and rocks, with mud and rotting leaves beneath their feet.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“She had no time for sleep, with the weight of the world upon her shoulders. And she feared to dream. Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“So young,” said Wyman Manderly, “Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would’ve grown up to be a Frey.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“The apples stewed with prunes are excellent, except for the prunes, I won’t eat prunes myself. Well, there was one time when Hobb chopped them up with chesnuts and carrots and hid them in a hen. Never trust a cook, my lord. They’ll prune you when you least expect it.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“The most insidious thing about bondage was how easy it was to grow accustomed to it.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“To go north, you must go south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward, you must go back. To touch the light, you must pass beneath the shadow.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“When treating with liars, even an honest man must lie.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“Women do not forget. Women do not forgive.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
“You kill men for the wrongs they have done, not the wrongs that they may do someday.”
George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons
