George R. R. Martin Quotes

Many good men have been bad kings, Maester Aemon used to say, and some bad men have been good kings.

"You look pale, Sansa," Cersei observed. "Is your red flower still blooming?"
"Yes"
"How apt. The men will bleed out there, and you in here."

I'm short not blind

I am a hollow shell, the crab's died, there's nothing left inside. Don't they know that?

If there are gods, they made sheep so wolves could eat mutton, and they made the weak for the strong to play with.

Choosing … it has always hurt. And always will.

The night is dark and full of terrors, and so are dreams.

"Sweet lady," said Florian, "all men are fools, and all men are knights, where women are concerned."

"Bad enough when the dead come walking,"he said (Dolorous Edd) to Jon, "now the Old Bear wants them talking as well? No good will come of that, I'll warrant. And who's to say the bones wouldn't lie? Why should death make a man truthful, or even clever? The dead are likely dull fellows, full of tedious complaints-the ground's too cold, my gravestone should be larger, why does he get more worms than I do. . . ."

"it is real, all of it, he thought, the wars, the intrigues, the great bloody game, and me in the center of it... me, the dwarf, the monster, the one they scorned and laughed at, but now i hold it all, the power, the city, the girl. this was what i was made for, and gods forgive me, but i do love it... and her. and her." (tyrion lannister)

"Maester Luwin says there's nothing in dreams that a man need fear.'
'There is,' said Jojen.
'What?'
'The past. The future. The truth." - Bran & Jojen

I was not born this morning, Lannister.”
“No, but you’re like to die this afternoon.

Of course you know him. Everyone knows a pear-shaped man.

Every fool loves to hear that he's important

When the end comes, I will meet it raging.