Children Quotes by George R.R. Martin

“I am tempted to say this is no game we play, daughter, but of course it is. The game of thrones.”

— George R.R. Martin

“If I were Mace Tyrell, I would sooner have Joffrey's head on a pike than his cock in my daughter.”

— George R.R. Martin

“No mother should outlive her children, and no captain should outlive his ship.”

— George R.R. Martin

“The godswife thought her a child, but children grow, and children learn.”

— George R.R. Martin

“No mother loves all her children the same, not even the Mother Above.”

— George R.R. Martin

“The wind cut like a knife up here, and shrilled in the night like a mother mourning her slain children.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Talking gargoyles and prophecies in the sky. I am an old done man, grown giddy as a child again.”

— George R.R. Martin

“No man is free. Only children and fools think elsewise.”

— George R.R. Martin

“No, no, my good knight, do not fear for me. The fire is mine. I am Daenerys Stormborn, daughter of dragons, bride…

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“You are Arya of Winterfell, daughter of the North. You told me you could be strong. You have the wolf blood in…

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“The king heard him. “You stiff-necked fool,” he muttered, “too proud to listen. Can you eat pride, Stark? Will honor shield your…

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“But a dragon could not feed a hungry child nor help a dying woman’s pain. And who would ever dare to love…

— George R.R. Martin

“Tell him he should be pleased. As many times as I’ve fucked you, you’re likely with child. It’s not every man who…

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“In Sansa's dreams, her children looked just like the brothers she had lost. Sometimes there was even a girl who looked like…

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“As hard as birth can be, Brienne, what comes after is even harder. At times I feel as though I am being…

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“If truth be told, I ofttimes wonder how Stannis ever got that ugly daughter of his. He goes to his marriage bed…

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“My trees, they said, you can’t eat them apples. My stream, you can’t fish here. My wood, you’re not t’ hunt. My…

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“Jon, did you ever wonder why the men of the Night's Watch take no wives and father no children?'' Maester Aemon asked.…

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“You are Alayne, and you must be Alayne all the time." He put two fingers on her left breast. "Even here. In…

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“Gentle Mother, font of mercy, save our sons from war, we pray, stay the swords and stay the arrows, let them know…

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“It was like murdering two of your children. I try to make the readers feel they’ve lived the events of the book.…

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“Alyssa Arryn had seen her husband, her brothers, and all her children slain, and yet in life she had never shed a…

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“Now we will begin the dance. Remember, child, this is not the iron dance of Westeros we are learning, the knight's dance,…

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“Gendry, do you swear before the eyes of gods and men to defend those who cannot defend themselves, to protect all women…

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“Mhysa!” a brown-skinned man shouted out at her. He had a child on his shoulder, a little girl, and she screamed the…

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“Bran knew. "She's a child. A child of the forest." He shivered, as much from wonderment as cold. They had fallen into…

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“Bones, Catelyn thought. This is not Ned, this is not the man I loved, the father of my children. His hands were…

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“You told me that the children of the forest had the greensight. I remember.” “Some claimed to have that power. Their wise…

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“It hurts so much, she thought. Our children, Ned, all our sweet babes. Rickon, Bran, Arya, Sansa, Robb… Robb… please, Ned, please,…

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“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

“The Father protects his children, the septons taught, but Davos had led his boys into the fire. Dale would never give his…

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“Ned looked down gravely at the sword in his hands. “This is no toy for children, least of all for a girl.…

— George R.R. Martin

“Now these were the days before the Andals came, and long before the women fled across the narrow sea from the cities…

— George R.R. Martin

“Bastard children were born from lust and lies, men said; their nature was wanton and treacherous." — Jon Snow”

— George R.R. Martin

“I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health. Yes, I meant for him to die.”

— George R.R. Martin

“It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Let me tell you something about wolves, child. When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but…

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“What do I have? A life to live? Work to do? Children to raise, lands to rule, a woman to love? “You…

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“A child sees an obstacle, and his first thought is to run around it or knock it down. A lord must learn…

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“Half of them loved her like a daughter, and other half wanted to spread her legs, but either sort would die for…

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