I can . . . die as I please.

“Neither's the one you get, less you want me to see if your apple's ripe, yet. - Yoren”

— George R.R. Martin

“Jon, could there be honor in a lie, if it were told for a...good purpose? - Samwell”

— George R.R. Martin

“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

“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

“He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber, poor fool.”

— George R.R. Martin

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“This wine is very choice.”

— George R.R. Martin

“A good threat is often more telling than a blow.”

— George R.R. Martin

“It is my look they will flinch from now, my frown that they must fear.”

— George R.R. Martin

“You are the queen, he ought to be begging leave of you.”

— George R.R. Martin

“My mother said my father had a drop of dragon blood.” “Two drops. That, or a cock six feet long.”

— George R.R. Martin