--- title: "9 A-storm-of-swords Quotes By George R.R. Martin" description: "9 A-storm-of-swords quotes by George R.R. Martin. Plus more from George R.R. Martin and more A-storm-of-swords sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/george-r-r-martin-48_a-song-of-ice-and-fi_whisper-a-word-in-the-wrong-ear-and-befo_2052828.png" --- > [“Whisper a word in the wrong ear and before you knew it you'd be short a head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/whisper-a-word-in-the-wrong-ear-and-before-you-knew-it-you-d-be-short/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/george-r-r-martin-48_a-song-of-ice-and-fi_whisper-a-word-in-the-wrong-ear-and-befo_2052828.png) > [“You are in difficulty," she observed. "He will not come," Kraznys said. "There is a reason. A dragon is no slave.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/you-are-in-difficulty-she-observed-he-will-not-come-kraznys-said/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/george-r-r-martin-48_a-storm-of-swords_you-are-in-difficulty-she-observed-he-wi_2066414.png) > [“Why ask for truth when you close your ears to it? - Ser Barristan Selmy to Daenerys”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/why-ask-for-truth-when-you-close-your-ears-to-it-ser-barristan-selmy/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/george-r-r-martin-48_a-storm-of-swords_why-ask-for-truth-when-you-close-your-ea_1307644.png) > [“It's dangerous being free, but most come to like the taste o' it,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/it-s-dangerous-being-free-but-most-come-to-like-the-taste-o-it/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/655/george-r-r-martin-48_a-song-of-ice-and-fi_it-s-dangerous-being-free-but-most-come_43469.png) > [“I am a hollow shell, the crab's died, there's nothing left inside. Don't they know that?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/i-am-a-hollow-shell-the-crab-s-died-there-s-nothing-left-inside-don-t/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/george-r-r-martin-48_a-storm-of-swords_i-am-a-hollow-shell-the-crab-s-died-ther_2697559.jpg) > [“That boy had wanted to be Ser Arthur Dayne, but someplace along the way he had become the Smiling Knight instead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/that-boy-had-wanted-to-be-ser-arthur-dayne-but-someplace-along-the/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/george-r-r-martin-48_a-song-of-ice-and-fi_that-boy-had-wanted-to-be-ser-arthur-day_82421.png) > [“I say, you are mad." "Am I?" Dany shrugged, and said, "Dracarys.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/i-say-you-are-mad-am-i-dany-shrugged-and-said-dracarys/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/george-r-r-martin-48_a-song-of-ice-and-fi_i-say-you-are-mad-am-i-dany-shrugged-and_1373134.png) > [“You look different now. Like a proper little girl." "I look like an oak tree, with all these stupid acorns." "Nice, though.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/you-look-different-now-like-a-proper-little-girl-i-look-like-an-oak/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/george-r-r-martin-48_a-storm-of-swords_you-look-different-now-like-a-proper-lit_2050054.png) > [“Up and down," Meera would sigh sometimes as they walked, "then down and up. Then up and down again. I hate these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/up-and-down-meera-would-sigh-sometimes-as-they-walked-then-down-and/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/george-r-r-martin-48_a-storm-of-swords_up-and-down-meera-would-sigh-sometimes-a_2819965.jpg) ## More by George R.R. Martin > [“Neither's the one you get, less you want me to see if your apple's ripe, yet. - Yoren”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/neither-s-the-one-you-get-less-you-want-me-to-see-if-your-apple-s/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) > [“You are the queen, he ought to be begging leave of you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/you-are-the-queen-he-ought-to-be-begging-leave-of-you/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) > [“It is my look they will flinch from now, my frown that they must fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/it-is-my-look-they-will-flinch-from-now-my-frown-that-they-must-fear/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) > [“A good threat is often more telling than a blow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/a-good-threat-is-often-more-telling-than-a-blow/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) > [“This wine is very choice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/this-wine-is-very-choice/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/everything-syrio-forel-had-ever-taught-her-vanished-in-a-heartbeat-in/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/megga-couldn-t-sing-but-she-was-mad-to-be-kissed-she-and-alla-played/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/the-rain-feels-good-against-my-face-sam-it-feels-like-tears-let-me/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/every-man-who-walks-the-earth-casts-a-shadow-on-the-world-some-are/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/the-shy-girl-she-had-known-at-riverrun-had-grown-into-a-woman-who-was/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) > [“He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber, poor fool.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/he-won-the-war-on-the-battlefield-and-lost-it-in-a-bedchamber-poor/) [George R.R. 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Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) > [“My mother said my father had a drop of dragon blood.” “Two drops. That, or a cock six feet long.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/my-mother-said-my-father-had-a-drop-of-dragon-blood-two-drops-that-or/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/a-storm-of-swords/george-r-r-martin/#itemlist", "name": "9 A-storm-of-swords Quotes By George R.R. Martin", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Whisper a word in the wrong ear and before you knew it you'd be short a head.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George R.R. 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