Quotes by George R.R. Martin

“One King means peace.”

“Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.”

“Men's lives have meaning, not their deaths.”

“We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.”

“And if I'm guilty of having gratuitous sex, then I'm also guilty of having gratuitous violence, and gratuitous feasting, and gratuitous description of clothes, and gratuitous heraldry, because very...”

“Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”

“You are your mother's trueborn son of Lannister.""Am I?" the dwarf replied, sardonic. "Do tell my lord father. My mother died birthing me, and he's never been sure.""I don't even know who my mother...”

“If you need help bark like a dog." - Gendry. "That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout help." - Arya”

“You ought to be blowing me kisses, wench.”

“...How would you like to die, Tyrion son of Tywin?""In my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a maiden's mouth around my cock, at the age of eighty," he replied.”

“Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.”

“Tyrion let the eunuch help him mount. "Lord Varys," he said from the saddle, "sometimes I feel as though you are the best friend I have in King's Landing and sometimes I feel you are my worst enemy...”

“Hard hands and no sense of humor makes for a bad marriage.”

“Innocence and experience make for a perfect marriage.”

“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.”

“My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.”

“Nothing' isn't better or worse than anything. Nothing is just... nothing." Arya Stark”

“Dream anything hard enough, and it can be yours.”

“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”

“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.”