Quotes By Author: George R.R. Martin
“Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come.”
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“There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk.”
“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”
“You ought to be blowing me kisses, wench.”
“Why won’t they let me be? I just need to rest, that’s all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a little.”
“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.”
“Was there ever a war where only one side bled?”
“Jon Snow, is this a proper castle now? Not just a tower?”“It is.” Jon took her hand.“Good,” she whispered. “I wanted t’ see one proper castle, before … before I …”“You’ll see hundred castles. The battle’s done. Maester Aemon will see to you. You’re kissed by fire, remember? Lucky. It will take more than an arrow to kill you. Aemon will draw it out and patch you up, and we’ll get milk of the poppy for the pain.”She just smiled at that. “D’you remember that cave? We should have stayed in that cave. I told you so.”“We’ll go back to the cave,” he said.” You’re not going to die, Ygritte. You’re not.”“Oh.” Ygritte cupped his cheek with her hand. “You know nothing, Jon Snow,” she sighed, dying.”
“Men’s lives have meaning, not their deaths.”
“A bruise is a lesson… and each lesson makes us better.”
“Never believe anything you hear in a song.”
“It does not matter how brave or brilliant a man is, if his commands cannot be heard.”
“It dose not matter how brave or brilliant a man is, if his commands cannot be heard.”
“I mean to give the smallfolk peace and food and justice. If that will not suffice to win their love, let Mushroom make a progress. Or perhaps we might send a dancing bear. Someone once told me that the commons love nothing half so much as dancing bears. You may call a halt to this feast tonight as well. Send the lords home to their own keeps and give the food to the hungry. Full bellies and dancing bears shall be my policy. – Aegon III”