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“A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.” (A Game of Thrones Quotes)
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“A Lannister always pays his debts.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“A man who won’t listen can’t hear.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That is why I read so much.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“A true man does what he will, not what he must.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Everything’s better with some wine in the belly.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.” (A Game of Thrones Quotes)
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“It was queer how sometimes a child’s innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Lords are gold and knights steel, but two links can’t make a chain. You also need silver and iron and lead, tin and copper and bronze and all the rest, and those are farmers and smiths and merchants and the like. A chain needs all sorts of metals, and a land needs all sorts of people.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Love is the bane of honor, the death of duty. What is honor compared to a woman’s love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms … or the memory of a brother’s smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer and I have my mind…and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge. That’s why I read so much Jon Snow.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Nothing burns like the cold.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Once there were two moons in the sky, but one wandered too close to the sun and cracked from the heat. A thousand thousand dragons poured forth, and drank the fire of the sun. That is why dragons breathe flame. One day the other moon will kiss the sun too, and then it will crack and the dragons will return.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Opening your eyes is all that is needing. The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true. Look with your eyes. Hear with your ears. Taste with your mouth. Smell with your nose. Feel with your skin. Then comes the thinking, afterward, and in that way knowing the truth.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“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.” (A Game of Thrones Quotes)
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“The world was full of cravens who pretended to be heroes; it took a queer sort of courage to admit to cowardice…”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“The years leech at a man’s memories, even those he has vowed never to forget.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“When I know the truth, I must go to Robert. And pray that he is the man I think he is, he finished silently, and not the man I fear he has become.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east,” she said sadly. “When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When my womb quickens again, and I bear a living child. Then you will return, my sun-and-stars, and not before.” -Daenerys Targaryen”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what’s on the other side?”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“You can’t hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn’t mean it’s useless.”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
“You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you…”
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
