--- title: "5 Dwarfs Quotes By George R.R. Martin" description: "5 Dwarfs quotes by George R.R. Martin. Plus more from George R.R. Martin and more Dwarfs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/george-r-r-martin-48_dwarfs_did-i-offend-you-lannister-said-sorry-dw_129912.png" --- > [“Did I offend you?” Lannister said. “Sorry. Dwarfs don’t have to be tactful. Generations of capering fools in motley have won me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/did-i-offend-you-lannister-said-sorry-dwarfs-don-t-have-to-be-tactful/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/george-r-r-martin-48_dwarfs_did-i-offend-you-lannister-said-sorry-dw_129912.png) > [“If walls could keep us small, peasants would all be tiny and kings as large as giants," said Ser Jorah. "I've seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/if-walls-could-keep-us-small-peasants-would-all-be-tiny-and-kings-as/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/george-r-r-martin-48_bran_if-walls-could-keep-us-small-peasants-wo_714920.png) > [“What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/what-sort-of-gods-make-rats-and-plagues-and-dwarfs/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/george-r-r-martin-48_dwarfs_what-sort-of-gods-make-rats-and-plagues_2181335.png) > [“You are your mother's trueborn son of Lannister." "Am I?" the dwarf replied, sardonic. "Do tell my lord father. My mother died…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/you-are-your-mother-s-trueborn-son-of-lannister-am-i-the-dwarf/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/george-r-r-martin-48_bastards_you-are-your-mother-s-trueborn-son-of-la_2321509.jpg) > [“Remember this, boy. "All dwarfs may be bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/remember-this-boy-all-dwarfs-may-be-bastards-yet-not-all-bastards-2/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/george-r-r-martin-48_dwarfs_remember-this-boy-all-dwarfs-may-be-bast_2724040.png) ## Other authors on Dwarfs ## 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. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/on-the-morning-after-battle-the-crows-had-feasted-on-victors-and/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/the-little-man-gave-the-big-one-a-look-one-of-his-eyes-was-green-one/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) > [“Jon, could there be honor in a lie, if it were told for a...good purpose? - Samwell”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/jon-could-there-be-honor-in-a-lie-if-it-were-told-for-a-good-purpose/) [George R.R. 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/dwarfs/george-r-r-martin/#itemlist", "name": "5 Dwarfs Quotes By George R.R. Martin", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Did I offend you?” Lannister said. “Sorry. Dwarfs don’t have to be tactful. Generations of capering fools in motley have won me the right to dress badly and say any damn thing that comes into my head.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George R.R. 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