“A lie is not so bad if it is kindly meant. If only she believed them...” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Is that true? There is truth in it. And lies as well? There is an untruth, and an exaggeration.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Look around you, and take a good whiff. They’re all liars here … and every one better than you.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“A bastard had to learn to notice things, to read the truth that people hid behind their eyes.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The truth will set us free. But freedom is cold and empty and frightening, and lies can often be warm and beautiful.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Why ask for truth when you close your ears to it? - Ser Barristan Selmy to Daenerys” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“First I anger Edmure, and now Robb, but all I have done is speak the truth. Are men so fragile they cannot… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“... yet if it is the swordsmen who rule us in truth, why do we pretend our kings hold the power?” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s the rogue in me, the part of me that loves to color outside the lines, but the truth is, I… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Egg has the truth of it. Aerion's quite the monster. He thinks he’s a dragon in human form, you know. That’s why… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Oh, It's truth you want? Be careful, my lady. Tyrion says that people often claim to hunger for the truth, but seldom… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Maester Luwin says there's nothing in dreams that a man need fear.' 'There is,' said Jojen. 'What?' 'The past. The future. The… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Do you want to know the horrible truth? I can't even remember what she looked like. I only know she was the… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“I am walking, he thought, exulting. Part of him knew that it was only a dream, but even the dream of walking… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“When I know the truth, I must go to Robert. And pray that he is the man I think he is, he… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Every noble house had its words. Family mottoes, touchstones, prayers of sorts, they boasted of honor and glory, promised loyalty and truth,… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“You lie,” he said. “All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Tyrion Lannister had claimed that most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it, but Jon was done with denials.… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The way the world is made. The truth is all around you, plain to behold. The night is dark and full of… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Tell me that none of this troubles you, Jon...and I'll name you a liar, and know I have the truth of it.… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“You must miss your father terribly, I know. Lord Eddard was a brave man, honest and loyal...but quite a hopeless player.' He… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The truth is, I wanted to watch you for a time before pledging you my sword. To make certain that you were… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The Liars believe in no afterlife, no God. We see the universe as it is , Father Damien, and these naked truths… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Is it all lies, forever and ever, everyone and everything?" - Sansa” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“And the best lies contain within them nuggets of truth, enough to give a listener pause.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“…When you’ve know me longer, you’ll learn that I mean everything I say.” “Even the lies?” “Especially the lies. Lord Petyr…” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“But prominent families, often forget a simple truth, I've found. Knowledge is power.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The hard truths are the ones to hold tight. -The Old Bear, A Game of Thrones” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“If truth be told, I ofttimes wonder how Stannis ever got that ugly daughter of his. He goes to his marriage bed… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“All me lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it,’ the dwarf had told him smiling. The world was full of… — 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
