“Wars are won with quills and ravens, wasn't that what you said?” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“But words in a book were one thing. The true test came in battle.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Then Royce's parry came a beat too late. The pale sword bit through the ringmail beneath his arm. The young Lord cried… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“A man is never so vulnerable in a battle as when he flees," Lord Eddard has told Jon once. "A running man… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Do you think it will truly come to battle between them? If they should come to some accord—” “They won’t,” Tyrion said.… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Armageddon,' Sandy said. 'The final battle. The ultimate confrontation between good and evil. That's what armageddon is supposed to be. Right?' Hobbins… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Fighting is better than this waiting,” Brienne said. “You don’t feel so helpless when you fight. You have a sword and a… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“No singer would ever make a song about that battle. No maester would ever write down an account for one of the… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“ Ow! " she cried out. She would have a fresh bruise there by the time she went to sleep, somewhere out… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The battle fever. He had never thought to experience it himself, though Jamie had told him of it often enough. How time… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“War seems like a fine adventure, the greatest most of them will ever know. Then they get a taste of battle. For… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Neither's the one you get, less you want me to see if your apple's ripe, yet. - Yoren” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“It is my look they will flinch from now, my frown that they must fear.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“Everything Syrio Forel had ever taught her vanished in a heartbeat. In that instant of sudden terror, the only lesson Arya could remember was… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“Megga couldn’t sing, but she was mad to be kissed. She and Alla played a kissing game sometimes, she confessed, but it wasn’t the… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“The rain feels good against my face, Sam. It feels like tears. Let me stay a while longer, I pray you. It has been… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“Every man who walks the earth casts a shadow on the world. Some are thin and weak, others long and dark.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“The shy girl she had known at Riverrun had grown into a woman who was by turns proud, fearful, cruel, dreamy, reckless, timid, stubborn,… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber, poor fool.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“On the morning after battle the crows had feasted on victors and vanquished alike. How much can a crown be worth when a crow… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“The little man gave the big one a look. One of his eyes was green, one was black, and both were cool.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“Jon, could there be honor in a lie, if it were told for a...good purpose? - Samwell” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
“My mother said my father had a drop of dragon blood.” “Two drops. That, or a cock six feet long.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share
