--- title: "14 Knows Quotes By George R. R. Martin" description: "14 Knows quotes by George R. R. Martin. Plus more from George R. R. Martin and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/george-r-r-martin-2-926_choosing_choosing-it-has-always-hurt-and-always-w_2324976.jpg" --- > [Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/choosing-it-has-always-hurt-and-always-will-i-know/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/george-r-r-martin-2-926_choosing_choosing-it-has-always-hurt-and-always-w_2324976.jpg) > [I know nothing and perhaps I never will,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-know-nothing-and-perhaps-i-never-will/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/george-r-r-martin-2-926_answers_i-know-nothing-and-perhaps-i-never-will_177712.jpg) > [We know truth for the cruel instrument it is. Beauty is infinitely preferable to truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/we-know-truth-for-the-cruel-instrument-it-is-beauty-is-infinitely/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/george-r-r-martin-2-926_beauty_we-know-truth-for-the-cruel-instrument-i_367167.jpg) > [ I know who's going to be on the throne \[in the Gameof Thrones\], at the end, so I better not say. But,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-know-who-s-going-to-be-on-the-throne-in-the-gameof-thrones-at-the/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/george-r-r-martin-2-926_ends_i-know-who-s-going-to-be-on-the-throne-i_621764.jpg) > [This is the bravo’s dance, the water dance, swift and sudden. All men are made of water, do you know this? When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/this-is-the-bravo-s-dance-the-water-dance-swift-and-sudden-all-men/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/george-r-r-martin-2-926_bravo_this-is-the-bravo-s-dance-the-water-danc_395656.jpg) > [I do know what’s been useless to me is the online fantasy name generators. I’ve tried those a few times, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-do-know-what-s-been-useless-to-me-is-the-online-fantasy-name/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/george-r-r-martin-2-926_buttons_i-do-know-what-s-been-useless-to-me-is-t_1271589.jpg) > [All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/all-men-lie-when-they-are-afraid-some-tell-many-lies-some-but-a-few/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/998/george-r-r-martin-2-926_believe_all-men-lie-when-they-are-afraid-some-te_2984513.jpg) > [As a writer, my goal, (which I'm never going to achieve, and I know that, and no writer can achieve that,) but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/as-a-writer-my-goal-which-i-m-never-going-to-achieve-and-i-know-that/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/george-r-r-martin-2-926_achieve_as-a-writer-my-goal-which-i-m-never-goin_1353950.jpg) > [We're setting up mechanisms where we can kill human beings with drones and missiles where you're sitting at a console and pressing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/we-re-setting-up-mechanisms-where-we-can-kill-human-beings-with/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/george-r-r-martin-2-926_begging_we-re-setting-up-mechanisms-where-we-can_656485.jpg) > [I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-hate-outlines-i-have-a-broad-sense-of-where-the-story-is-going-i/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/george-r-r-martin-2-926_book_i-hate-outlines-i-have-a-broad-sense-of_637587.jpg) > [There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/there-is-no-shame-in-loving-if-your-septons-say-there-is-your-seven/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/george-r-r-martin-2-926_darkness_there-is-no-shame-in-loving-if-your-sept_203618.jpg) > [Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/swords-have-been-my-life-not-books-but-every-child-knows-that-the/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/george-r-r-martin-2-926_air_swords-have-been-my-life-not-books-but-e_1527039.jpg) > [I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good days I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-get-up-every-day-and-work-in-the-morning-i-have-my-coffee-and-get/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/george-r-r-martin-2-926_bad-day_i-get-up-every-day-and-work-in-the-morni_1781841.jpg) > [There’s an old writing rule that says ‘Don’t have two character names start with the same letter’, but I knew at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/there-s-an-old-writing-rule-that-says-don-t-have-two-character-names/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/george-r-r-martin-2-926_character_there-s-an-old-writing-rule-that-says-do_1540969.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by George R. R. Martin > [Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t ask the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/tolkien-can-say-that-aragorn-became-king-and-reigned-for-a-hundred/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [ The best writing advice I had was \[in\] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-best-writing-advice-i-had-was-in-heinlein-s-rules-for-writers-by/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [In this world, only winter is certain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/in-this-world-only-winter-is-certain/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [“A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/a-man-who-sees-nothing-has-no-use-for-his-eyes/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-true-horrors-of-human-history-derive-not-from-orcs-and-dark-lords/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [That little touch is not in the books, but I wish it had been in the books because it was a great addition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/that-little-touch-is-not-in-the-books-but-i-wish-it-had-been-in-the/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-always-felt-like-gandalf-should-have-stayed-dead-that-was-such-an/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [“The title was but a courtesy due him as a council member; Varys was lord of nothing but the spiderweb, the master of none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-title-was-but-a-courtesy-due-him-as-a-council-member-varys-was/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-girl-had-hoped-for-fog-but-the-gods-ignored-her-prayers-as-gods/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about history that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/over-the-years-more-than-one-reviewer-has-described-my-fantasy-series/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [“Jaime had decided that he would return Sansa, and the younger girl as well if she could be found. It was not like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/jaime-had-decided-that-he-would-return-sansa-and-the-younger-girl-as/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him--valar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/if-the-day-comes-when-you-would-find-me-again-give-that-coin-to-any/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/believe-it-or-not-i-worked-four-summers-in-college-as-a-sports-writer/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [I believe that women are many different types of people. There are brave women, there are cowardly women, there are altruistic women, there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-believe-that-women-are-many-different-types-of-people-there-are/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [I know nothing and perhaps I never will,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-know-nothing-and-perhaps-i-never-will/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/george-r-r-martin-2/#itemlist", "name": "14 Knows Quotes By George R. R. Martin", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George R. R. 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